Low-density parity-check encoding method, low-density parity-check decoding method, encoding device, decoding device and medium

ABSTRACT

A low density parity check encoding method, including: determining a target parity check matrix, where the target parity check matrix belongs to a second parity check matrix set, and a base graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted from a base graph of a first parity check matrix set and performing low density parity check encoding on data to be transmitted according to the target parity check matrix and a target lifting size.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a national phase entry under 35 U.S.C 371 ofInternational Patent Application No. PCT/CN2021/139513 filed on Dec. 20,2021, the International Patent Application is filed based on ChinesePatent Application with the application No. 202011545892.5, filed onDec. 23, 2020, and claims priority to the Chinese Patent Application,the entire contents of the International Patent Application and theChinese Patent Application are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communicationnetworks, and for example, relates to a low density parity checkencoding method, a low density parity check decoding method, an encodingdevice, a decoding device and a medium.

BACKGROUND

With the rapid development of technologies such as big data, cloudcomputing, and latency-sensitive networks, a number of user equipment ina wireless communication network is growing explosively and the wirelesscommunication network will carry a variety of applications and massivedata, thereby putting high requirements on data transmission rate,throughput, data error correction and the like. In a wirelesscommunication system, a transmitting end performs channel encoding ondata to be transmitted to obtain an encoded bit sequence, andthereafter, maps the encoded bit sequence into constellation modulationsymbols and sends the constellation modulation symbols to a receivingend. In a data transmission channel, the transmitted data is distorteddue to factors such as multipath, movement, noise, and interference. Thereceiving end needs to perform channel decoding on the receivedconstellation modulation symbols to recover the transmitted data. In theprocess of channel encoding, some redundant information is added to thetransmitted data sequence, and accordingly, the transmitted data can bechecked and recovered by the receiving end.

Low density parity check (LDPC) code is a linear block code defined by asparse check matrix or a bipartite graph. Since the check matrix is verysparse, the complexity of decoding can be reduced and the reliability isrelatively high. However, a maximum lifting size of the LDPC code isfixed (only 384), and the dimension of the base graph is large, thus aflexible code length and code rate cannot be supported, and further,decoding parallelism of the LDPC code and throughput of datatransmission are limited.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides a low density parity check encodingmethod, a low density parity check decoding method, an encoding device,a decoding device and a medium, so as to improve the flexibility ofencoding and throughput of data transmission.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a low density parity checkencoding method, including:

determining a target parity check matrix, where the target parity checkmatrix belongs to a second parity check matrix set, and a base graph ofthe second parity check matrix set is extracted from a base graph of afirst parity check matrix set; and performing low density parity checkencoding on to-be-transmitted data according to the target parity checkmatrix and a target lifting size.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a low densityparity check encoding method, including:

-   -   determining a target base graph, where the target base graph is        a base graph of a second parity check matrix set, and the base        graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted from a        base graph of a first parity check matrix set; and performing        low density parity check encoding on to-be-transmitted data        according to the target base graph and a target lifting size.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a low densityparity check decoding method, including:

-   -   determining a target parity check matrix, where the target        parity check matrix belongs to a second parity check matrix set,        and a base graph of the second parity check matrix set is        extracted from a base graph of a first parity check matrix set;        and performing low density parity check decoding on received        data according to the target parity check matrix and a target        lifting size.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a low densityparity check decoding method, including:

-   -   determining a target base graph, where the target base graph is        a base graph of a second parity check matrix set, and the base        graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted from a        base graph of a first parity check matrix set; and performing        low density parity check decoding on received data according to        the target base graph and a target lifting size.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an encodingdevice, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program storedin the memory and runnable on the processor, where the processorimplements the low density parity check encoding method mentioned abovewhen executing the program.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a decodingdevice, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program storedin the memory and runnable on the processor. The processor implementsthe low density parity check decoding method mentioned above whenexecuting the program.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computerreadable storage medium, where the computer readable storage medium hasstored a computer program thereon. The program, when executed by aprocessor, implements the low density parity check encoding method orthe low density parity check decoding method mentioned above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a low density parity check encoding methodprovided by an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a low density parity check encoding methodprovided by another embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of simulation performance of LDPC encodingbased on a target parity check matrix provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a low density parity check decoding methodprovided by an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a low density parity check decoding methodprovided by another embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a low density parity checkencoding apparatus provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a low density parity checkencoding apparatus provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a low density parity checkdecoding apparatus provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a low density parity checkdecoding apparatus provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an encodingdevice provided by an embodiment; and

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a decodingdevice provided by an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure will be described below in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings and embodiments. The specific embodimentsdescribed herein are intended solely to explain the present disclosure.For ease of description, only the parts relevant to the presentdisclosure are shown in the accompanying drawings.

Check matrix H of an LDPC code is a matrix of (mb×z) rows and (nb×z)columns. The check matrix H consists of mb by nb sub-matrixes P, andeach sub-matrix is a z-by-z standard permutation matrix raised to adifferent power (corresponding to a cyclic shift matrix of an identitymatrix) or a z-by-z all-zero square matrix. The form of the check matrixH is as follows:

${H = {\begin{bmatrix}P^{h_{00}^{b}} & P^{h_{01}^{b}} & P^{h_{02}^{b}} & \ldots & P^{h_{0nb}^{b}} \\P^{h_{10}^{b}} & P^{h_{01}^{b}} & P^{h_{02}^{b}} & \ldots & P^{h_{1nb}^{b}} \\\ldots & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots \\P^{h_{mb0}^{b}} & P^{h_{mb1}^{b}} & P^{h_{mb2}^{b}} & \ldots & P^{h_{mbnb}^{b}}\end{bmatrix} = P^{Hb}}},$

where if h_(ij) ^(b)=−1, then the corresponding sub-matrix P^(h) ^(ij)^(b) , =0 is a z-by-z all-zero square matrix; if h_(ij) ^(b) is aninteger greater or equal to 0, then the corresponding submatrix P^(h)^(ij) ^(b) =0 is the standard permutation matrix P₀ raised to the powerof h_(ij) ^(b). The z-by-z standard permutation matrix P₀ is shown asfollows:

$P = \begin{bmatrix}0 & 1 & 0 & \ldots & 0 \\0 & 0 & 1 & \ldots & 0 \\\ldots & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots \\0 & 0 & 0 & \ldots & 1 \\1 & 0 & 0 & \ldots & 0\end{bmatrix}$

Therefore, each sub-matrix may be uniquely identified by h_(ij) ^(b). Ifa sub-matrix is an all-zero square matrix, the corresponding h_(ij) ^(b)is represented by −1 (or can be represented by a null value). If asub-matrix is obtained by cyclically shifting an identity matrix by sbit(s), then h_(ij) ^(b) is equal to s, and all the h_(ij) ^(b)constitute a parity check matrix Hb.

z is the dimension of the standard permutation matrix (and thesub-matrix), and is called a lifting size.

LDPC code can be uniquely determined by the parity check matrix Hb andthe lifting size z. Correspondingly, a base graph (or base matrix) BGcan be obtained by replacing all non −1 elements in the parity checkmatrix with “1” and all −1 elements in the parity check matrix with “0”.

The base graph only contains two types of elements: “0” and “1”, where“0” indicates an all-zero square matrix, and “1” indicates a cyclical(or circular) shift of an identity matrix (i.e., circular permutationmatrix). An actual number of bits of the cyclical shift needs to bedetermined by the parity check matrix.

For example, if a parity check matrix (2 rows and 4 columns) is

${{Hb} = \begin{bmatrix}{{030} - 1} \\{2323}\end{bmatrix}},$

and a lifting size z=4, then the check matrix is:

$H = {\begin{bmatrix}1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0\end{bmatrix}.}$

A corresponding base graph is:

$H_{BG} = {\begin{bmatrix}{1110} \\{1111}\end{bmatrix}.}$

In addition, for a parity check matrix with dimensions of mb by nb, anumber of systematic columns of the parity check matrix is equal to adifference between a number of matrix columns nb and a number of matrixrows mb (i.e., kb=nb−mb), and a number of check columns of the paritycheck matrix is equal to a number of matrix rows mb; a correspondingLDPC code is a systematic code, which consists of an information bitsequence c of an LDPC code with a length of kb by z and a parity bitsequence w of an LDPC code with a length mb by z. The LDPC codeinformation bit sequence c is known, and thus, the essence of LDPCencoding is to obtain the LDPC code parity bit sequence w. Similarly,the check matrix H can also be divided into two parts: a systematicblock Hc and a check block Hw, and H=[Hc, Hw], that is, Hc is composedof the first kb by z columns in the check matrix H (the dimensions of Hcare mb by z rows and kb by z columns), and Hw is the last mb by zcolumns in the check matrix H (the dimensions of Hw are mb by z rows andmb by z columns). Therefore, an LDPC codeword meets the followingformula: [Hc, Hw]·[c, w]^(T)=0, and then, Hw·w^(T)=Hc·c^(T). Therefore,the LDPC code parity bit sequence w is calculated according to thefollowing formula: w^(T)=Hw⁻¹·Hc·c^(T), so as to achieve LDPC coding.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a sub-matrix B is extractedfrom a matrix A, which means: extracting a sub-matrix B from the matrixA according to a row index sequence a and/or a column index sequence b.For example,

${A = \begin{bmatrix}1 & 3 & 4 & 0 & 3 & 7 \\2 & 5 & 9 & 1 & 0 & 5 \\7 & 6 & 3 & 2 & 1 & 7 \\1 & 2 & 8 & 5 & 0 & 8\end{bmatrix}},$

the row index sequence a={0, 1, 3}, and then the sub-matrix extractedfrom the matrix A according to the row index sequence a is:

${B = {{A( {{a,}:} )} = \begin{bmatrix}1 & 3 & 4 & 0 & 3 & 7 \\2 & 5 & 9 & 1 & 0 & 5 \\1 & 2 & 8 & 5 & 0 & 8\end{bmatrix}}};$

if the column index sequence b={0, 2, 3}, and then the sub-matrixextracted from the matrix A according to the column index sequence b is

${B = {{A( {:{,\ b}} )} = \begin{bmatrix}1 & 4 & 0 \\2 & 9 & 1 \\7 & 3 & 2 \\1 & 8 & 5\end{bmatrix}}};$

and the sub-matrix extracted from the matrix A according to the rowindex sequence a={0, 1, 3} and the column index sequence b={0, 2, 3} is

$B = {{A( {a,b} )} = {\begin{bmatrix}1 & 4 & 0 \\2 & 9 & 1 \\1 & 8 & 5\end{bmatrix}.}}$

In relevant standard protocols, a maximum lifting size Zmax of the LDPCcode is 384. In hierarchical decoding, in order to avoid addressconflict, the maximum decoding parallelism of LDPC decoding can onlyreach 384 at most, and the dimension of the base graph is large, thusthe throughput of LDPC decoding is limited.

The low density parity check encoding method of this embodiment may beapplied to a transmitter in a communication system, and the low densityparity check decoding method may be applied to a receiver in thecommunication system. Further, LDPC encoding is adopted to protecttransmitted data. For example, the transmitter adopts an LDPC encoder toperform LDPC encoding on data information bit sequence to betransmitted, and the receiver adopts an LDPC decoder to perform LDPCdecoding on the received information. Thereby, the data information bitsequence is recovered.

The decoding process includes: the LDPC decoder performing, withparameters related to the parity check matrix, parity check operationand variable node operation iteratively, so as to continuously attemptto correct any bits that may have been received in error in the LDPCcodeword during each iteration. In some embodiments, the LDPC codewordcan be a quasi-cyclic LDPC code, a structured LDPC code, or a liftedLDPC code. In some embodiments, the LDPC decoder includes multipleprocessing elements that may perform parity check operations andvariable node operations in parallel. For example, when an LDPC codewordwith a lifting size z is processed, the LDPC decoder may use several(such as, z, or a positive integer factor of z) processing elements toconcurrently perform parity check operations and variable nodeoperations.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a low density paritycheck encoding method, which adopts the target parity check matrix forencoding. Thus, not only the throughput of data transmission and thedecoding parallelism of LDPC codes may be improved, but also flexiblecode length and code rate may be supported, thereby improving theflexibility of encoding.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a low density parity check encoding methodprovided by an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method provided inthis embodiment includes step 110 and step 120.

In step 110, a target parity check matrix is determined. The targetparity check matrix belongs to a second parity check matrix set, and abase graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted from abase graph of a first parity check matrix set.

In step 120, low density parity check encoding is performed on data tobe transmitted according to the target parity check matrix and a targetlifting size.

In this embodiment, the target parity check matrix (hereinafter referredto as Hb) is selected from the second parity check matrix set(hereinafter referred to as a parity check matrix set P2), and Hb andthe target lifting size (hereinafter referred to as Zc) are used toencode the data to be transmitted to obtain an LDPC code fortransmission. The parity check matrix set P2 is obtained according tothe first parity check matrix set (hereinafter referred to as a paritycheck matrix set P1), and a base graph of the parity check matrix set P2and a base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 meet that the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P2 is a sub-matrix extracted fromthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P1. The description thatthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 is a sub-matrix of thebase graph of the parity check matrix set P1 means that LDPC decodingperformed by using the parity check matrix set P2 will be compatiblewith LDPC decoding performed by using the parity check matrix set P1.That is, an LDPC decoder of the parity check matrix set P2 only adopts apart of the hardware circuit in the LDPC decoder of the parity checkmatrix set P1 (for example, a variable node updating module and a checknode updating module in the LDPC decoder of the parity check matrix setP1 are adopted, and a routing network of the LDPC decoder of the paritycheck matrix set P1 and a routing network of the LDPC decoder of theparity check matrix set P2 are basically the same), so that decodingperformed by using parity check matrix set P1 and decoding performed byusing the parity check matrix set P2 are completely compatible.Therefore, the efficiency of LDPC decoding is improved. Further, theparity check matrix set P2 may be designed with a higher lifting size,and thus higher decoding parallelism may be adopted, thereby achievinghigher decoding throughput. A known parity check matrix set fromrelevant standard protocols may be adopted as the parity check matrixset P1. The parity check matrix set P1 and the parity check matrix setP2 may be the same, and the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1and the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 may be the same. Inthis case, it can be understood that extracting is performed accordingto all row indexes and column indexes.

In this embodiment, in a case where the parity check matrix set P1 isknown, based on a relationship between the base graph of the paritycheck matrix set P2 and the base graph of the parity check matrix setP1, the parity check matrix set P2 can be determined, and further, Hbused for encoding can be determined from the parity check matrix set P2.Since the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 is extracted fromthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P1, in a case where thetarget lifting sizes are the same, the number of systematic columnsand/or the number of check columns of Hb may be reduced. Then, thereceiver may perform parallel decoding for more parity check matrixes,and thereby the decoding parallelism and the throughput of datatransmission are improved. In addition, this encoding mode supportsflexible encoding for an arbitrary code length and code rate.

In an embodiment, step 110 includes: determining the target parity checkmatrix of the second parity check matrix set according to the firstparity check matrix set. That is, the parity check matrix set P2 isdetermined according to the parity check matrix set P1, and Hb isdetermined from the parity check matrix set P2.

In an embodiment, step 110 includes:

-   -   determining the base graph of the second parity check matrix set        according to the base graph of the first parity check matrix        set; and determining the target parity check matrix of the        second parity check matrix set according to the base graph of        the second parity check matrix set. That is, the base graph of        the parity check matrix set P2 is determined according to the        base graph of the parity check matrix set P1, and Hb        corresponding to the parity check matrix set P2 is determined        according to the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2.

In an embodiment, step 110 includes:

-   -   determining the second parity check matrix set according to an        index sequence and the first parity check matrix set; and        determining the target parity check matrix from the second        parity check matrix set. That is, the parity check matrix set P2        is determined according to the index sequence and the parity        check matrix set P1, and Hb is determined from the parity check        matrix set P2. In this embodiment, the index sequence includes        at least one of a row index sequence and a column index        sequence.

In an embodiment, step 110 includes:

-   -   determining the target parity check matrix from the first parity        check matrix set or the second parity check matrix set. That is,        Hb belongs to the parity check matrix set P1 or the parity check        matrix set P2.

In an embodiment, the base graph of the second parity check matrix setis extracted from the base graph of the first parity check matrix setaccording to at least one of a row index sequence and a column indexsequence.

In this embodiment, the dimensions of the base graph of Hb are mb rowsand nb columns, where mb and nb are both integers greater than 0. Thedimensions of Hb are mb rows and nb columns. The dimensions of the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P1 are mb1 rows and nb1 columns,where mb1 and nb1 are both integers greater than 0. The dimensions ofthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 are mb2 rows and nb2columns, where mb2 and nb2 are both integers greater than 0.

On this basis, the length of the row index sequence is mb2, each elementin the row index sequence takes a value from the set {0, 1, 2 . . . ,(mb1-1)}, and elements are different from each other. An element in therow index sequence is 0, which indicates that the first row is extractedfrom the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1. The length of thecolumn index sequence is nb2, each element in the column index sequencetakes a value from the set {0, 1, 2 . . . , (nb1-1)}, and elements aredifferent from each other. An element in the column index sequence is 0,which indicates that the first column is extracted from the base graphof the parity check matrix set P1.

In an example, mb2 is a positive integer less than mb1, and nb2 is apositive integer less than nb1.

In an embodiment, the row index sequence meets one of:

-   -   1) elements in the row index sequence are contiguous ascending        integers, which can also be understood that the row index        sequence is a set of contiguous ascending integers; 2) elements        in the row index sequence include non-contiguous ascending        integers, which can also be understood that the row index        sequence is a set of non-contiguous ascending integers; 3)        elements in the row index sequence are non-ascending integers        except that first M elements in the row index sequence are        contiguous ascending integers, where M is an integer greater        than 1 and less than mb2, which can also be understood that the        row index sequence is a set of non-ascending integers; 4) the        row index sequence includes at least {0, 1, 2, 3}.

In an example, the first 4 elements in the row index sequence are {0, 1,2, 3}. In an embodiment, the column index sequence meets one of:

-   -   1) the first E elements of the column index sequence are        contiguous ascending integers, where E is an integer greater        than 1; 2) the first E elements of the column index sequence        include non-contiguous ascending integers, where E is an integer        greater than 1; 3) the column index sequence includes at least        {0, 1}; 4) the column index sequence includes at least {22, 23,        24, 25}.

In an example, the first 2 elements of the column index sequence are {0,1}.

In an embodiment, the row index sequence and the column index sequenceinclude one of the following combinations:

-   -   1) the row index sequence is a set of contiguous ascending        integers, and the first E elements of the column index sequence        are non-contiguous ascending integers, where E is an integer        greater than 1; 2) the row index sequence is a set of        non-contiguous ascending integers, and the first E elements of        the column index sequence are non-contiguous ascending integers,        where E is an integer greater than 1; 3) the row index sequence        is a set of contiguous ascending integers, and the first E        elements of the column index sequence are contiguous ascending        integers, where E is an integer greater than 1; 4) the row index        sequence is a set of non-contiguous ascending integers, and the        first E elements of the column index sequence are contiguous        ascending integers, where E is an integer greater than 1.

E is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to kb2, and kb2 isequal to a difference between nb2 and mb2, that is, kb2 is equal to anumber of systematic columns of the base graph of the parity checkmatrix set P2 or a number of systematic columns of the parity checkmatrix in the parity check matrix set P1. In an example, E is equals tokb2.

In an embodiment, kb2 is equal to a number of systematic columns of thebase graph of the second parity check matrix set, or equal to adifference between a number of columns and a number of rows of the basegraph of the second parity check matrix set, or less than or equal to anumber of systematic columns of the parity check matrix in the firstparity check matrix set P1.

In this embodiment, a number of systematic columns of the base graph ofthe parity check matrix set P1 is kb1, where kb1 is an integer greaterthan 0, and kb2 is less than kb1.

In an example, kb2 is a positive integer less than 22.

In an example, kb2 takes a value from a set {12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20}.

In an example, kb2 is a positive integer less than a difference betweenkb1 and 4.

In an example, kb2 takes a value from a set {12, 14, 15, 16, 17}.

In an embodiment, the first parity check matrix set includes a1 firstparity check matrixes, and base graphs of the a1 first parity checkmatrixes are the same, where a1 is an integer. The second parity checkmatrix set includes a2 second parity check matrixes, and base graphs ofthe a2 second parity check matrixes are the same, where a2 is aninteger. A maximum lifting size Zmax2 (hereinafter referred to as Zmax2)of the second parity check matrix set is D times of a maximum liftingsize (hereinafter referred to as Zi) supported by the i-th first paritycheck matrix in the first parity check matrix set, where D is a positiveinteger power of 2, i is a non-negative integer less than a1, Zi is amaximum lifting size supported by the i-th first parity check matrix inthe parity check matrix set P1.

In this embodiment, a2 is an integer greater than or equal to 1, andbase graphs of all the second parity check matrixes in the parity checkmatrix set P2 are the same; a1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1,and base graphs of all the first parity check matrixes in the paritycheck matrix set P1 are the same. A maximum lifting size supported bythe i-th first parity check matrix in the parity check matrix set P1 isZi, where i is equal to one of 0, 1, 2, . . . , or (a1-1). A maximumlifting size of the i-th second parity check matrix in the parity checkmatrix set P2 is D times of Zi, that is, the maximum lifting size of thei-th second parity check matrix in the parity check matrix set P2 isequal to Zi by D.

In an example, D is an integer greater than 1, and D is equal to apositive integer power of 2. For example, D is equal to 2, 4 or 8.

In an example, Zmax2 is equal to one of Z0, Z1, Z2, . . . , Z(a1−1).

In an embodiment, a maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the parity checkmatrix set P2 is greater than a maximum lifting size Zmax1 of the paritycheck matrix set P1.

In this embodiment, a maximum lifting size supported by the parity checkmatrix set P1 is Zmax1, and a maximum lifting size supported by theparity check matrix set P2 is Zmax2, where Zmax1 and Zmax2 are bothintegers greater than 0, and Zmax2 is greater than Zmax1.

In an example, Zmax1 is equal to 384, and Zmax2 is a positive integergreater than 384.

In an example, Zmax2 takes a value from the set {416, 448, 480, 512,576, 640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1152, 1280, 1408, 1536, 1664,1792, 1920, 2048}.

In an embodiment, a maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the second paritycheck matrix set is a by 2^(b), where a is an odd number greater than 15and b is a positive integer.

In this embodiment, Zmax2 is equal to a by 2^(b), where a is an oddnumber greater than 15 and b is a positive integer.

In an example, a takes a value from the set {17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29,31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41}, b takes a value from the set {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10}.

In an embodiment, at least one lifting size sub-set supported by thesecond parity check matrix set includes at least a by 2^(B), where a isan odd number greater than 15, and B is a set of non-negative integers.

In an example, a takes a value from the set {17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29,31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41}, B is a set of contiguous non-negative integers.B is a set composed of B0 to B1, where B0 equals 2, 3, 4 or 5 and B1equals 5, 6, 7 or 8.

In an example, a minimum value of the at least one lifting size sub-setis greater than 384.

In an embodiment, the target lifting size belongs to one of G liftingsize sub-sets, where G is an integer greater than 1, and there is nointersection between any two of the G lifting size sub-sets.

In this embodiment, there are G lifting size sub-sets, and indexes ofthe lifting size sub-sets are donated as 0, 1, . . . , (G−1), where G isan integer greater than 1, and there is no intersection between any twolifting size sub-sets. The target lifting size is one element of the Glifting size sub-sets.

In an embodiment, indexes of the lifting size sub-sets supported by thefirst parity check matrix set constitute a set Set1, and indexes of thelifting size sub-sets supported by the second parity check matrix setconstitute a set Set2. Set2 is a sub-set of Set1, or an intersection ofSet2 and Set1 is an empty set.

In an embodiment, lifting sizes supported by the first parity checkmatrix set constitute a first lifting size set Zset1, and lifting sizessupported by the second parity check matrix set constitute a secondlifting size set Zset2. Zset1 and Zset2 meet one of:

-   -   1) there is no intersection between Zset1 and Zset2; 2) Zset1 is        a sub-set of Zset2; 3) a number of elements in an intersection        Zset between Zset1 and Zset2 is less than a number of elements        in Zset1, and less than a number of elements in Zset2.

In an embodiment, a minimum lifting size supported by the second paritycheck matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size supported by thefirst parity check matrix set. Lifting size(s) supported by the secondparity check matrix set include at least one of 416, 448, 480, 512, 576,640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1152, 1280, 1408, 1536, 1664, 1792,1920, 2048.

In an embodiment, a maximum information length Kmax1 supported by thefirst parity check matrix set is less than a maximum information lengthKmax2 supported by the second parity check matrix set.

In an example, Kmax1 is equal to 8448.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix. The parity check matrix includes k0 up-and-downadjacent pairs. The k0 up-and-down adjacent pairs include k1 first typeof up-and-down adjacent pairs and k2 second type of up-and-down adjacentpairs, where k1 is greater than 3 by k2, and k1 and k2 are both integersgreater than 0. The up-and-down adjacent pair refers to any two adjacentelements located in a same column and indicating a cyclical shift of anidentity matrix in the parity check matrix; a difference between twoelements of the first type of up-and-down adjacent pair mod 2 is equalto 0; a difference between two elements of the second type ofup-and-down adjacent pair mod 2 is greater than 0.

In this embodiment, the up-and-down adjacent pair is defined as: any twoelements {h_(i,j), h_((i+1) mod mb, j)} in the parity check matrix,where the two elements are both elements (not −1) indicating a cyclicalshift of an identity matrix, mb is a number of rows of the parity checkmatrix, and mod represents a remainder operation. The first type ofup-and-down adjacent pair refers to an up-and-down adjacent pair(represented as h_(i,k) and h_(j,k)) meeting the following relationship:mod(h_(i,k)-h_(j,k), 2)≤a, j=(i+1) mod mb. The second type ofup-and-down adjacent pair refers to an up-and-down adjacent pair(represented as h_(i,k) and h_(j,k)) meeting the following relationship:mod(h_(i,k)-h_(j,k), 2)>a, j=(i+1) mod mb, where a is equal to 0, k0, k1and k2 are positive integers, and k1 is greater than 3 times of k2.

In this embodiment, whether a difference between two elements thatconstitute an up-and-down adjacent pair is odd or even is determined bytaking the remainder operation. If the difference mod 2 is equal to 0,the difference is even, and then, the two elements constitute a firsttype of up-and-down adjacent pair. In this case, the identity matrix canbe divided into multiple groups during decoding process, and there is noaddress conflict among updating of check nodes of rows, thus waitingtime among updating of check nodes of rows can be reduced. Further,decoding speed is faster. If the difference mod 2 is equal to 1, insteadof 0, the difference is odd, and then the two elements constitute asecond type of up-and-down adjacent pair. In this case, there is anaddress conflict among updating of check nodes of rows, thus waitingtime among updating of check nodes of rows is needed. Further, decodingspeed is slower. Therefore, in the determined target parity checkmatrix, the more the first type of up-and-down adjacent pairs are, thefaster the decoding speed is, that is, the higher the throughput is.Upon determining the target parity check matrix, a number of the firsttype of up-and-down adjacent pairs may be appropriately increased.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix. The parity check matrix includes k3 first typeof elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes and k4second type of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes,where k3 is greater than 3 by k4, and k3 and k4 are both integersgreater than 0. The first type of element mod 2 is equal to 0 and thesecond type of element mod 2 is greater than 0.

In this embodiment, the parity check matrix set P2 includes at least oneparity check matrix. The parity check matrix includes k3 first type ofelements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes and k4 secondtype of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes. Thefirst type of element meets the following relationship: mod(h_(i,j),2)≤b, the second type of element meets the following relationship:mod(h_(i,j), 2)>b, where h_(i,j) is an element with a horizontalcoordinate being i and a column coordinate being j in the parity checkmatrix, indicating a cyclical shift of an identity matrix; b is equal to0; k3 and k4 are both positive integers; and k3 is greater than 3 timesof k4.

In this embodiment, whether an element indicating a cyclical shift of anidentity matrix is odd or even is determined by taking the remainderoperation. If an element mod 2 is equal to 0, the element is even, andthen the element belongs to the first type of elements. For the identitymatrices indicated by the first type of elements, there is no addressconflict among updating of check nodes of rows, thus waiting time amongupdating of check nodes of rows may be reduced, and further the decodingspeed is faster. If an element mod 2 is not equal to 0, the element isodd, and then the element belongs to the second type of elements. Forthe identity matrices indicated by the second type of elements, there isan address conflict among updating of check nodes of rows, thus waitingtime among updating of check nodes of rows is needed, and further thedecoding speed is slower. Therefore, in the determined target paritycheck matrix, the more the first type of elements are, the faster thedecoding speed is. Upon determining the target parity check matrix, anumber of the first type of elements may be appropriately increased.

In an embodiment, the method further includes:

-   -   step 100: determining a parity check matrix set as the target        parity check matrix set from at least two parity check matrix        sets according to setting information; where the setting        information includes at least one of a transport block size        (TBS), a code rate, a high-layer signaling, a modulation order,        a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index, a modulation and        coding scheme table index.

In this embodiment, the target parity check matrix set is determinedfrom at least two parity check matrix sets according to the settinginformation, and Hb is determined from the target parity check matrixset. In the at least two parity check matrix sets, there are two paritycheck matrix sets that meet: a base graph of one of the two parity checkmatrix sets is a sub-matrix extracted from a base graph of the other ofthe two parity check matrix sets.

For example, the parity check matrix set P1 is given in relevantstandard protocols, the parity check matrix set P2 is determinedaccording to the parity check matrix set P1, and a base graph of theparity check matrix set P2 is a sub-matrix extracted from a base graphof the parity check matrix set P1. According to the setting information,the parity check matrix set P1 or the parity check matrix set P2 may beselected as the target parity check matrix set, and a parity checkmatrix is determined as Hb from the target parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the parity check matrix set P1 and a third paritycheck matrix set (denoted as a parity check matrix set P2′) are given inrelevant standard protocols, the parity check matrix set P2 isdetermined according to the parity check matrix set P1, and a base graphof the parity check matrix set P2 is a sub-matrix extracted from a basegraph of the parity check matrix set P1. According to the settinginformation, the parity check matrix set P1, the parity check matrix setP2 or the parity check matrix set P2′ may be selected as the targetparity check matrix set, and a parity check matrix is determined as Hbfrom the target parity check matrix.

In this embodiment, similar to the parity check matrix set P1 and theparity check matrix set P2, the parity check matrix set P2′ may also beselected as the target parity check matrix set. The parity check matrixset P2′ includes a3 third parity check matrixes, where a3 is equal to anumber a1 of the first parity check matrixes in the parity check matrixset P1. Before LDPC encoding is performed, the target parity checkmatrix set is determined (or an index of the target parity check matrixset is determined) from the parity check matrix set P1, the parity checkmatrix set P2 and the parity check matrix set P2′ according to thesetting information, and a parity check matrix is determined as Hb fromthe target parity check matrix set. Then, LDPC encoding is performedbased on Hb.

In some embodiments, step 100 includes:

-   -   taking a second parity check matrix set as the target parity        check matrix set upon meeting at least one of the following        conditions:    -   1) TBS is greater than or equal to T0, where T0 is an integer        greater than or equal to a maximum information length Kmax1 of        the data to be transmitted supported by the parity check matrix        set P1; 2) the code rate is greater than or equal to R0, where        R0 is a real number greater than 0 and less than 1.

In an example, the target parity check matrix set is determinedaccording to the TBS and the code rate:

-   -   Condition 1: TBS is less than or equal to 292 bits; or TBS is        less than or equal to 3824 bits and the code rate is less than        or equal to 0.67; or the code rate is less than or equal to        0.25. Condition 2: TBS is greater than or equal to T0, where T0        is a positive integer greater than or equal to Kmax1. Condition        3: the code rate is greater than or equal to R0, where R0 is a        real number greater than 0 and less than 1.

If condition 1 is met, the parity check matrix set P2′ is taken as thetarget parity check matrix set. If at least one of condition 2 andcondition 3 is met, the parity check matrix set P2 is taken as thetarget parity check matrix set. If none of the above conditions is met,the parity check matrix set P1 is taken as the target parity checkmatrix set.

In an example, T0 is equal to X times of Kmax2, where X is an integergreater than 1; R0 is equal to 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8 or 8/9. Avalue of R0 may be obtained by rounding to 2 decimal places or 3 decimalplaces. R0 is equal to 0.5, 0.67, 0.75, 0.83, 0.86, 0.88 or 0.89.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a low density parity checkencoding method is further provided. The method adopts the target basegraph for encoding, and thus not only the throughput of datatransmission and the decoding parallelism of LDPC codes are improved,but also flexible code length and code rate are supported, therebyimproving the flexibility of encoding. For technical details notdescribed in detail in this embodiment, reference may be made to any ofthe above embodiments.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a low density parity check encoding methodprovided by another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2 , the method providedby this embodiment includes step 210 and step 220.

In step 210, a target base graph is determined. The target base graph isa base graph of a second parity check matrix set, and the base graph ofthe second parity check matrix set is extracted from a base graph of afirst parity check matrix set.

In step 220, low density parity check encoding is performed on data tobe transmitted according to the target base graph and a target liftingsize.

In this embodiment, a target base graph is selected from a base graph ofthe second parity check matrix set (i.e., the parity check matrix setP2), and the target base graph and Zc are used to encode the data to betransmitted to obtain an LDPC code for transmission. The base graph ofthe parity check matrix set P2 and the base graph of the parity checkmatrix set P1 meet: the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 isa sub-matrix extracted from the base graph of the first parity checkmatrix set (i.e., the parity check matrix set P1). The parity checkmatrix set P1 may adopt a known parity check matrix set in relevantstandard protocols.

In this embodiment, based on a relationship between the base graph ofthe parity check matrix set P2 and the base graph of the parity checkmatrix set P1, the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 may bedetermined in a case where the base graph of the parity check matrix setP1 is known, and further, the target base graph for encoding may bedetermined from the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2. Thetarget base graph corresponds to the target parity check matrix. Sincethe base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 is extracted from thebase graph of the parity check matrix set P1, in a case where the targetlifting sizes are the same, a number of systematic columns and/or anumber of check columns of target parity check matrix may be reduced,and then, the receiver may perform parallel decoding for more paritycheck matrixes, thereby improving the decoding parallelism and thethroughput of data transmission. In addition, this encoding modesupports flexible encoding for arbitrary code length and code rate.

In an embodiment, step 220 includes:

-   -   determining a check matrix H (hereinafter denoted to as H)        according to the target base graph and the target lifting size;        and performing low density parity check encoding on the data to        be transmitted according to the check matrix H.

In this embodiment, the target base graph is firstly determined, and His determined according to the target base graph and Zc. H correspondsto the Hb, and then low density parity check encoding is performed onthe data to be transmitted based on H.

In an embodiment, step 220 includes:

-   -   determining a target parity check matrix Hb according to the        target base graph;    -   and performing low density parity check encoding on the data to        be transmitted according to the Hb and the target lifting size.

In this embodiment, the target base graph is firstly determined, and Hbis determined according to the target base graph and Zc. The dimensionsof the target base graph are mb rows and nb columns, where mb and nb areboth integers greater than 0. The target base graph may be the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P2, and is a sub-matrix extractedfrom the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 according to a rowindex sequence and/or a column index sequence.

In an embodiment, step 210 includes:

-   -   determining the target base graph according to an index sequence        and the base graph of the first parity check matrix. The index        sequence includes at least one of the row index sequence and the        column index sequence. On this basis, step 220 includes:    -   determining a target parity check matrix Hb according to the        target base graph; and performing low density parity check        encoding on the data to be transmitted according to Hb and the        target lifting size.

In an embodiment, step 210 includes:

-   -   determining the target base graph from the base graph of the        parity check matrix set P1 or the base graph of the parity check        matrix set P2.

In an embodiment, the method further includes:

-   -   step 200: determining a parity check matrix set as the target        parity check matrix set from at least two parity check matrix        sets according to setting information. The setting information        includes at least one of a transport block size, a code rate, a        high-layer signaling, a modulation order, an MCS index, an MCS        table index.

In an embodiment, step 200 includes:

-   -   taking the second parity check matrix set as the target parity        check matrix set upon meeting at least one of the following        conditions:    -   the transmission block size is greater than or equal to T0,        where T0 is an integer greater than or equal to a maximum        information length Kmax1 supported by the first parity check        matrix set, or T0 is equal to a maximum information length Kmax2        supported by the second parity check matrix set; the code rate        is greater than or equal to R0, where R0 is a real number        greater than 0 and less than 1.

In this embodiment, one of at least two parity check matrix sets isdetermined as the target parity check matrix set according to thesetting information, the target base graph corresponds to Hb, and Hb isdetermined from the target parity check matrix set.

The base graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted fromthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 according to at leastone of a row index sequence and a column index sequence.

In an embodiment, the row index sequence meets one of:

-   -   elements in the row index sequence are contiguous ascending        integers; elements in the row index sequence include        non-contiguous ascending integers; elements in the row index        sequence are non-ascending integers except that first M elements        in the row index sequence are contiguous ascending integers,        where M is greater than 1; the row index sequence includes at        least {0, 1, 2, 3}.

In an embodiment, the column index sequence meets one of:

-   -   the first kb2 elements of the column index sequence are        contiguous ascending integers, where kb2 is an integer greater        than 1; first kb2 elements of the column index sequence include        non-contiguous ascending integers, where kb2 is an integer        greater than 1; the column index sequence includes at least {0,        1}; the column index sequence includes at least {22, 23, 24,        25}.

In an embodiment, kb2 is equal to a number of systematic columns of thebase graph of the parity check matrix set P2, or equal to a differencebetween a number of columns and a number of rows of the base graph ofthe parity check matrix set P2, or less than or equal to a number ofsystematic columns of the parity check matrix in the parity check matrixset P1.

In an embodiment, the first parity check matrix set includes a1 firstparity check matrixes, and base graphs of the a1 first parity checkmatrixes are the same, where a1 is a positive integer. The second paritycheck matrix set includes a2 second parity check matrixes, and basegraphs of the a2 second parity check matrixes are the same, where a2 isa positive integer. A maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the second paritycheck matrix set is D times of the maximum lifting size Zi supported bythe i-th first parity check matrix in the first parity check matrix set,where D is a positive integer power of 2, and i is a non-negativeinteger less than a1.

In an embodiment, a maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the second paritycheck matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size Zmax1 of thefirst parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, a lifting size Zmax2 of the second parity check matrixset is a by 2^(b), where a is an odd greater than 15, b is a positiveinteger.

In an embodiment, the target lifting size belongs to one of G liftingsize sub-sets, where G is an integer greater than 1, and there is nointersection between any two of the G lifting size sub-sets.

In an embodiment, lifting sizes supported by the first parity checkmatrix set P1 constitute a first lifting size set Zset1, and liftingsizes supported by the second parity check matrix set constitute asecond lifting size set Zset2. The first lifting size set Zset1 and thesecond lifting size set Zset2 meet one of:

-   -   there is no intersection between the first lifting size set        Zset1 and the second lifting size set Zset2; the first lifting        size set Zset1 is a sub-set of the second lifting size set        Zset2; a number of elements in intersection Zset of the first        lifting size set Zset1 and the second lifting size set Zset2 is        less than a number of elements in the first lifting size set        Zset1 and less than a number of elements in the second lifting        size set Zset2.

In an embodiment, a minimum lifting size supported by the second paritycheck matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size supported by thefirst parity check matrix set; and lifting sizes supported by the secondparity check matrix set include at least one of 416, 448, 480, 512, 576,640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1152, 1280, 1408, 1536, 1664, 1792,1920, 2048.

In an embodiment, a maximum information length Kmax1 supported by thefirst parity check matrix set is less than a maximum information lengthKmax2 supported by the second parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix. The parity check matrix includes k0 up-and-downadjacent pairs. The k0 up-and-down adjacent pairs include k1 first typeof up-and-down adjacent pairs and k2 second type of up-and-down adjacentpairs, where k1 is greater than 3*k2, and k1 and k2 are both integersgreater than 0. The up-and-down adjacent pair refers to any two adjacentelements located in a same column and indicating a cyclical shift of anidentity matrix in the parity check matrix; a difference between the twoelements of the first type of up-and-down adjacent pair mod 2 is equalto 0; a difference between the two elements of the second type ofup-and-down adjacent pair mod 2 is greater than 0.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix. The parity check matrix includes k3 first typeof elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes and k4second type of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes,where k3 is greater than 3 times of k4, and k3 and k4 are both integersgreater than 0.

A first type of element mod 2 is equal to 0; and a second type ofelement mod 2 is greater than 0.

The encoding process is described below by way of example. In thefollowing examples, the first parity check matrix set is denoted as aparity check matrix set P1, the second parity check matrix set isdenoted as a parity check matrix set P2, and the third parity checkmatrix set is denoted as a parity check matrix set P2′.

Example 1

An input information bit sequence (i.e., data to be transmitted) forLDPC encoding is represented as c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1) with alength of K bits. The encoded bit sequence obtained after LDPC encodingis represented as d₀, d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1) with a length of N bits.For the parity check matrix set P1, K=kb1·Z_(c) and N=(nb1−2)·Z_(c),that is, a number of systematic columns of the parity check matrix P1 iskb1, and a total number of systematic rows of the parity check matrix P1is nb1, where kb1 and nb1 are both integers greater than 0. For theparity check matrix set P2, K=kb2·Z_(c) and N=(nb2−2)·Z_(c), that is, anumber of systematic columns of the parity check matrix P2 is kb2, and anumber of systematic rows of the parity check matrix P2 is nb2, wherekb2 and nb2 are both integers greater than 0; Z_(c) is a target liftingsize for LDPC encoding, and Z_(c) is an integer greater than 0.

Performing LDPC encoding on the input information bit sequence includesthe following steps.

In step 1, an index i_(LS) of a lifting size sub-set is determined. Eachindex i_(LS) defines a lifting size sub-set, and there is nointersection between any two lifting size sub-sets. The index of thelifting size sub-set containing Z_(c) is i_(LS). This index of thelifting size sub-set is the same as an index of the target parity checkmatrix (i.e., an index of the target parity check matrix in the paritycheck matrix set).

In step 2, the (2·Z_(c))-th bit to (K−1)-th bit in the input informationbit sequence c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1) are stored into the encodedbit sequence d₀, d₁, d₂, d₃, . . . , d_(N−1). This may be achieved bythe following pseudocode (in which “NULL” represents a filler bit):

for k = 2Z_(c) to K − 1 if c_(k) ≠< NULL> d_(k−2Z) _(c) = c_(k) ; elsec_(k) = 0 ; d_(k−2Z) _(c) =< NULL > ; end if end for

In step 3, a base graph H_(BG2) of the parity check matrix set P2 isdetermined; a check matrix H is determined according to the base graphof the parity check matrix set P2 and the target lifting size Z_(c), andLDPC encoding is performed to generate a parity bit sequence. Thegenerated (N+2Z_(c)−K) parity bits constitute a parity bit sequencew=[w₀, w₁, w₂, . . . , w_(N+2Z) _(c) _(−K−1)]^(T) and meet

${{H \times \begin{bmatrix}c \\w\end{bmatrix}} = 0},$

where c=[c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1)]^(T), where 0 in thisrelationship represents an all-zero vector, and all LDPC encodingoperations are performed in the binary Galois fields (GF(2)).

The process of determining the check matrix H includes:

-   -   for the parity check matrix set P1, base graph H_(BG1) thereof        includes mb1 rows corresponding to row index i=0, 1, 2 . . . ,        (mb1−1), and nb1 columns corresponding to column index j=0, 1,        2, . . . , (nb1−1), for the parity check matrix set P2, base        graph H_(BG2) thereof includes mb2 rows corresponding to row        index i=0, 1, 2, . . . , (mb2−1), and nb2 columns corresponding        to column index j=0, 1, 2, . . . , (nb2−1), the base graph        includes at least two elements, i.e., “0” and “1”.

The base graph H_(BG2) of the parity check matrix set P2 is determinedby the base graph H_(BG1) of the parity check matrix set P1, row indexsequence α and column index sequence β, and this process may beexpressed as H′_(BG)=H_(BG1) (α, :), and H_(BG2)=H′_(BG) (:, β); orH″_(BG)=H_(BG1) (:, β), and H_(BG2)=H″_(BG) (α, :), or H_(BG2)=H_(BG1)(α, β).

H_(BG1) is the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1; H_(BG2) isthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P2; H_(BG1) (α, :)represents a new matrix consisting of rows whose row index is α takenfrom the matrix similarly, H_(BG1); similarly, H′_(BG) (:, β) representsa new matrix consisting of columns whose column index is β taken fromthe matrix H′_(BG). That is, the base graph H_(BG2) of the parity checkmatrix set P2 is a sub-matrix (or an extracted matrix) of the base graphH_(BG1) of the parity check matrix set P1.

The target parity check matrix Hb belongs to the parity check matrix setP2, and correspondingly, the target base graph H_(BG) belongs to thebase graph H_(BG2) of the parity check matrix set P2. The check matrix Hcan be obtained by replacing all the elements in the target base graphH_(BG) with either an all-zero square matrix or a cyclically shiftedidentity matrix; where the dimensions of both the all-zero square matrixand the identity matrix are Z_(c) by Z_(c).

The process of obtaining the check matrix H includes:

-   -   replacing all “0” elements in the target base graph with an        all-zero square matrix, where a size of the all-zero square        matrix is Z_(c) by Z_(c).

All “1” elements in the target base graph H_(BG) is replaced with amatrix obtained by cyclically shifting an identity matrix with a sizeZ_(c) by Z_(c), where i and j are a row index and a column index of thetarget base graph H_(BG), respectively. I(P_(i,j)) represents that amatrix obtained by cyclically right shifting an identity matrix with asize Z_(c) by Z_(c) by P_(i,j) bits. For the parity check matrix set P1,P_(i,j)=mod(V_(i,j),Z_(c)), where V_(i,j) is an element in the i-th rowand the j-th column of the i_(LS)-th first parity check matrix in theparity check matrix set P1, and V_(i,j) is determined according to indexi_(LS) and the parity check matrix set P1, where index i_(LS) is anindex of the first parity check matrix in the parity check matrix setP1. For the parity check matrix set P2, the i_(LS)-th second paritycheck matrix in the parity check matrix set P2 is determined accordingto the i_(LS)-th first parity check matrix in the parity check matrixset P1, the row index sequence α, and the column index sequence β, andV′_(i,j)=V_(α(i),β(j)), where V′_(i,j) is an element in the i_(LS)-thsecond parity check matrix in the parity check matrix set P2, andV_(α(i),β(j)) is an element in the i_(LS)-th first parity check matrixin the parity check matrix set P1. Then, the cyclical right shiftingvalve P_(i,j) is obtained by formula P_(i,j)=mod(V′_(i,j), Z_(c)). Thatis, the target parity check matrix of the parity check matrix set P2 isdetermined by the parity check matrix set P1, the row index sequence αand the column index sequence β. For example, element V′_(i,j) thatindicates a cyclical shift of an identity matrix in the i-th row andj-th column of the i_(LS)-th second parity check matrix in the paritycheck matrix set P2 is determined as V′_(i,j)=V_(α(i),β(j)), wherei_(LS) is at least an integer from 0 to 7, α(i) is the i-th element inthe row index sequence α, and β(j) is the j-th element in the columnindex sequence β.

In step 4, the parity bit sequence is stored into the encoded bitsequence d₀, d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1) to obtain a new bit sequence. Thepseudocode for storing the generated (N+2Z_(c)−K) parity bits w=[w₀, w₁,w₂, . . . , w_(N+2Z) _(c) _(−K−1)]^(T) into the encoded bit sequence d₀,d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1) is as follows:

for k = K to N + 2Z_(c) −1 d_(k−2Z) _(c) = w_(k−K) ; end for

Table 1 shows lifting size sub-sets provided in an example. The liftingsize sub-set indexes i_(LS) corresponding to 8 lifting size sub-sets are0 to 7, respectively.

TABLE 1 lifting size sub-sets Lifting size sub-set index (i_(LS))Lifting size sub-set 0 {2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024} 1 {3,6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, 768} 2 {5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640} 3{7, 14, 28, 56, 112, 224, 448, 896} 4 {9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288, 576} 5{11, 22, 44, 88, 176, 352, 704} 6 {13, 26, 52, 104, 208, 416, 832} 7{15, 30, 60, 120, 240, 480, 960}

In this example, the parity check matrix set P1 includes at least one ofthe parity check matrixes shown in Table 3; or the parity check matrixset P1 includes at least one sub-matrix of the parity check matrixesshown in Table 11, for example, the sub-matrix consisting of the firstmb rows and the first (mb+16) columns of a parity check matrix shown inTable 11, where mb is an integer greater than 3. mb is 4, 6, 8, 10, or18.

Table 2 shows positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in thebase graph of the parity check matrix set P1 provided in an example,where a position of an element equal to 1 is represented by row index(i) and column index (j). A position of an element equal to 1corresponds to a position of an element indicating a cyclical shift ofan identity matrix, and defines an element value (V_(i,j)) at a positionin the corresponding parity check matrix, i.e., a number of bits of thecyclical shift. In the base graph H_(BG1) of P1, positions of other rowindexes or column indexes (i.e., positions not defined in Table 2)correspond to element value “0”, that is, corresponds to positionsindicating the all-zero square matrix. In Table 2, an index i_(LS) ofeach lifting size sub-set corresponds to a first parity check matrix.For example, for i_(LS)=0, in Table 2, all the defined positions (i, j)in the columns with i_(LS)=0 correspond to cyclical shifts of identitymatrixes, while the other undefined positions correspond to all-zeromatrixes. These matrixes by cyclically shifting the identity matrixesand all-zero square matrixes together constitute the first parity checkmatrix corresponding to i_(LS)=0, and there are a total of 8 firstparity check matrixes corresponding to i_(LS) equal to 0 to 7. One ormore parity check matrixes of these 8 first parity check matrixesconstitute the parity check matrix set P1. A maximum information lengthsupported by the parity check matrix set P1 is 8448, and the dimensionof the base graph is 46 rows by 68 columns. So mb1=46, nb1=68, andkb1=22.

The parity check matrix set P1 includes at least one first parity checkmatrix shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2 positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P1 (i represents a row index, and jrepresents a column index) V_(i, j) HB_(G1) Lifting size sub-set indexi_(LS) i j 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 0 762 307 393 895 211 294 0 375 1 325 40315 16 198 118 416 947 2 226 50 423 318 188 167 624 366 3 159 753 49 539474 682 416 854 5 356 565 240 74 507 207 0 804 6 778 216 39 458 4 517 083 9 315 317 335 448 317 243 624 53 10 229 672 482 205 432 602 0 465 11622 109 215 888 404 1 0 205 12 959 17 484 693 216 339 416 128 13 265 741453 663 403 201 624 315 15 707 215 618 462 233 53 416 375 16 23 106 11070 144 347 0 217 18 190 242 113 141 95 304 0 220 19 35 180 16 198 216167 0 90 20 239 330 189 104 73 47 0 105 21 31 346 32 81 261 188 0 137 221 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 514 460 303 689 179 429 438 96 2751 76 614 717 450 577 219 956 3 629 457 27 599 511 448 540 856 4 892288 261 270 544 690 416 461 5 583 144 161 567 448 620 634 128 7 222 331133 829 364 112 416 332 8 872 715 324 357 490 302 416 652 9 429 562 80535 117 402 626 776 11 988 295 449 654 109 519 640 251 12 358 342 300 93303 253 268 669 14 877 217 396 303 72 686 624 815 15 900 99 266 233 152594 630 805 16 142 354 72 118 158 257 30 153 17 155 114 83 194 147 133 087 19 255 331 260 31 156 9 168 163 21 28 112 301 187 119 302 31 216 22 00 0 0 0 0 105 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 362 205 388879 258 578 132 189 1 367 634 327 875 455 387 37 724 2 953 712 400 31220 565 229 945 4 63 716 280 400 133 654 804 151 5 373 256 358 404 531111 212 476 6 93 161 547 186 202 617 149 357 7 485 267 202 767 218 480256 659 8 945 160 200 825 351 237 454 332 9 863 63 71 849 0 646 538 26410 295 129 426 294 3 479 611 548 13 142 200 295 525 362 110 571 486 14481 88 283 438 517 286 444 341 15 737 437 621 749 0 477 85 753 17 245131 184 198 216 131 47 96 18 205 240 246 117 269 163 179 125 19 251 205230 223 200 210 42 67 20 117 13 276 90 234 7 66 230 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 025 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 889 660 220 873 475 97 4 128 1 857 471 208 690145 94 214 743 3 596 0 350 837 454 401 33 882 4 276 659 517 453 396 279321 220 6 150 583 381 269 370 139 49 283 7 643 537 495 590 420 166 229666 8 1011 56 79 16 197 443 6 576 10 136 516 281 482 329 106 775 721 11342 689 303 379 450 598 83 456 12 1014 615 253 213 345 345 154 22 13 219725 164 819 324 269 503 264 14 211 212 53 741 403 537 5 407 16 240 30444 96 242 249 92 200 17 76 300 28 74 165 215 173 32 18 244 271 77 99 0143 120 235 20 144 39 319 30 113 121 2 172 21 12 357 68 158 108 121 142219 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 669 332 233 842 534 42 232304 1 870 181 525 234 523 256 828 211 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 973 195 403164 261 571 393 482 1 748 398 292 507 181 130 724 651 3 194 499 50 86 72251 440 527 12 743 550 318 304 283 674 65 623 16 28 241 201 182 254 295207 210 21 123 51 267 130 79 258 161 180 22 627 157 279 601 144 283 72180 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 183 662 289 606 80 294 630 679 6 22 257 21791 144 425 443 262 10 284 1 613 337 169 330 163 23 11 323 351 13 21 9099 258 340 13 500 92 552 63 347 172 256 332 17 11 253 302 51 177 150 24207 18 157 18 138 136 151 284 38 52 20 211 225 235 116 1108 305 91 13 280 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 988 9 12 241 169 3 769 317 1 556 62 88 524 477 103712 146 4 927 700 527 776 442 224 528 209 7 31 333 370 548 184 297 56932 8 423 674 25 822 392 215 367 166 14 616 114 76 158 452 391 492 738 290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 624 691 295 33 342 348 796 901 1 4 563 133 95 0 75210 825 3 263 165 130 452 540 22 339 381 12 467 402 231 889 329 312 349943 16 102 39 296 204 98 224 96 177 19 164 224 110 39 46 17 99 145 21109 368 269 58 15 59 101 199 22 753 67 245 44 230 666 659 153 24 602 554154 201 54 244 116 518 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 103 366 189 9 162 156 6169 1 182 232 244 37 159 88 10 12 10 109 321 36 213 93 293 145 206 11 21133 286 105 134 11 53 221 13 142 57 151 89 45 92 201 17 17 14 303 267185 132 152 4 212 18 61 63 135 109 76 23 164 92 20 216 82 209 218 209337 173 205 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 98 485 14 754 178 527 75 356 2 917339 400 613 1 253 493 151 4 935 274 531 174 316 379 364 70 7 672 495 7519 555 231 16 710 8 561 383 161 194 234 401 636 595 14 826 354 311 103489 267 694 564 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 77 48 336 52 343 25 392 765 1553 486 147 11 311 322 310 355 12 595 392 290 674 562 200 331 374 16 18247 289 35 181 351 16 1 21 78 188 177 32 273 166 104 152 22 1020 334 43532 327 338 733 405 23 534 499 280 873 314 192 332 347 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 12 0 416 461 549 142 225 123 630 906 1 42 186 555 623 450 569 228 45510 789 558 169 808 532 142 827 124 11 32 616 368 675 439 110 153 420 131002 50 105 28 526 176 728 338 18 7 74 52 182 243 76 207 80 34 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 13 0 945 697 359 753 519 663 468 460 3 1016 177 622 504 288 251147 425 7 663 650 303 520 216 265 209 634 20 185 115 160 217 47 94 16178 23 830 370 37 78 324 433 462 390 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 206 142 7814 0 22 1 124 12 55 248 299 175 186 322 202 144 15 206 137 54 211 253277 118 182 16 127 89 61 191 16 156 130 95 17 16 347 179 51 0 66 1 72 21229 12 258 43 79 78 2 76 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 40 241 229 90 170 176173 39 1 96 2 290 120 0 348 6 138 10 65 210 60 131 183 15 81 220 13 63318 130 209 108 81 182 173 18 75 55 184 209 68 176 53 142 25 179 269 5181 64 113 46 49 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 64 13 69 154 270 190 88 78 3 49338 140 164 13 293 198 152 11 49 57 45 43 99 332 160 84 20 51 289 115189 54 331 122 5 22 154 57 300 101 0 114 182 205 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 07 260 257 56 153 110 91 183 14 164 303 147 110 137 228 184 112 16 59 81128 200 0 247 30 106 17 1 358 51 63 0 116 3 219 21 144 375 228 4 162 190155 129 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 42 130 260 199 161 47 1 183 12 233 163294 110 151 286 41 215 13 8 280 291 200 0 246 167 180 18 155 132 141 143241 181 68 143 19 147 4 295 186 144 73 148 14 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 60529 384 456 0 439 428 659 1 841 597 181 454 288 110 6 588 7 328 344 421103 118 147 582 399 8 127 242 270 646 432 258 808 858 10 736 197 361 680288 556 815 436 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 407 571 301 105 553 89 422 317 3186 206 482 434 81 417 428 667 9 985 648 40 121 378 507 639 683 11 559725 450 438 144 596 5 887 22 672 59 10 407 228 382 238 610 42 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 21 1 249 205 79 192 64 162 6 197 5 121 102 175 131 46 264 86 12216 109 328 132 220 266 346 96 215 20 131 213 283 50 9 143 42 65 21 17197 103 106 18 109 199 216 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 64 30 177 53 72 280 4425 12 142 11 20 0 189 157 58 47 13 188 233 55 3 72 236 130 126 17 158 22316 148 257 113 131 178 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 156 24 249 88 180 18 45185 2 147 89 50 203 0 6 18 127 10 170 61 133 168 0 181 132 117 18 153 27105 122 165 304 100 199 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 880 298 609 49 236 38633 272 3 854 542 600 381 199 170 125 898 4 236 619 430 736 0 601 815 211 116 723 507 193 166 288 236 156 22 990 618 281 796 0 546 214 298 46 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 279 456 492 449 493 631 4 747 6 136 401 295 838 288255 490 621 7 628 383 96 65 288 463 432 731 14 182 696 366 81 471 406444 661 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 195 455 270 331 288 677 21 163 2 1011 81430 624 0 678 766 611 4 215 76 316 660 288 226 816 649 15 573 136 387127 277 99 821 578 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 1 793 578 530 880 333 91 98 1656 104 194 349 813 324 678 556 712 8 706 101 304 174 72 268 646 9 49 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 128 222 11 146 275 102 4 32 4 165 19 293 153 0 1 1 4319 181 244 50 217 155 40 40 200 21 63 274 234 114 62 167 93 205 50 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 29 1 854 252 27 598 288 625 508 472 14 748 5 628 235 180 104136 272 18 84 147 117 53 0 243 106 118 25 774 78 29 68 42 459 6 103 51 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 472 159 411 34 0 523 418 170 10 329 613 23 354 378 16504 919 13 888 644 105 434 540 95 528 26 24 9 474 135 123 173 564 644585 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 863 100 542 623 432 101 4 793 7 689 599 308721 144 649 49 389 22 940 642 66 401 166 279 749 175 25 317 256 162 576307 574 194 588 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 477 486 210 192 0 703 214 823 12624 585 342 209 211 265 542 350 14 455 559 591 282 324 338 687 151 24889 287 217 478 450 83 436 451 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 258 323 170 562288 408 634 679 2 187 8 20 49 0 656 30 612 11 297 745 460 161 76 141 214412 21 211 105 33 137 18 101 92 65 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 383 230 507754 197 412 4 881 7 935 532 616 186 288 672 777 717 15 420 202 325 68108 112 613 142 17 420 202 325 68 108 112 613 142 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 351 673 320 207 416 487 100 628 711 6 965 335 158 845 278 210 253 894 12207 386 55 250 0 547 376 385 22 103 266 605 411 493 268 809 340 57 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 36 0 549 594 579 222 504 135 214 491 14 617 697 499 157 16 167408 927 15 819 297 498 448 0 387 177 282 18 120 21 160 6 0 188 43 100 580 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 1 198 653 618 753 72 671 706 299 13 732 82 15 195 144588 626 204 23 634 499 115 362 0 437 759 401 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 167569 471 123 478 516 507 361 9 407 177 179 762 0 548 688 570 10 413 289384 745 0 209 198 266 12 931 214 181 10 288 246 100 380 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 39 1 685 642 102 236 153 236 420 355 3 651 477 77 525 0 264 28 908 7149 346 512 273 453 37 109 168 19 0 297 208 114 117 272 188 52 61 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 40 0 157 175 32 67 216 304 10 4 8 137 37 80 45 144 237 84 10317 149 312 197 96 2 135 12 30 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 1 423 436 154 471288 47 2 773 3 173 698 47 215 0 77 699 729 9 395 139 124 732 0 377 142215 18 151 288 207 167 183 272 128 24 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 405 497546 562 27 640 787 222 4 413 14 385 315 288 435 634 650 24 393 218 126750 323 369 370 71 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 1 151 113 228 206 52 210 1 2216 163 132 69 22 243 3 163 127 18 173 114 176 134 0 53 99 49 25 139 168102 161 270 167 98 125 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 395 464 554 756 306 431 4671 7 669 78 227 452 288 244 214 211 9 931 547 259 457 0 293 350 187 22173 274 580 12 57 624 211 148 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 1 149 135 101 184168 82 805 897 6 151 533 548 793 288 419 45 354 10 423 15 126 701 144235 569 333 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

In an example, the parity check matrix set P1 includes 8 first paritycheck matrixes as shown in Table 2, that is, indexes are i_(LS) equal to0 to 7. The i_(LS)-th lifting size sub-set of the parity check matrixset P1 corresponds to a set constituted by all the lifting sizes lessthan or equal to 384 in the i_(LS)-th lifting size sub-set in Table 1.The indexes i_(LS) in Table 2 and Table 1 are the same, that is, alifting size sub-set corresponding to the 0th first parity check matrixis {2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256}, a lifting size sub-set correspondingto the 1st parity check matrix is {3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384}, alifting size sub-set corresponding to the 2nd first parity check matrixis {5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320}, a lifting size sub-set correspondingto the 3rd first parity check matrix is {7, 14, 28, 56, 112, 224}, alifting size sub-set corresponding to the 4th first parity check matrixis {9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288}, a lifting size sub-set corresponding tothe 5th first parity check matrix is {11, 22, 44, 88, 176, 352}, alifting size sub-set corresponding to the 6th first parity check matrixis {13, 26, 52, 104, 208}, and a lifting size sub-set corresponding tothe 7th first parity check matrix is {15, 30, 60, 120, 240}. That is, amaximum lifting size supported by the parity check matrix set P1 isZmax1=384. All the lifting sizes supported by the parity check matrixset P1 constitute a set Zset1={2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60,64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112, 120, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 224,240, 256, 288, 320, 352, 384}.

The parity check matrix set P2 includes a2 second parity check matrixes,and the corresponding lifting size sub-sets include at least one liftingsize sub-set in Table 1.

In an example, the parity check matrix set P2 includes a2=8 secondparity check matrixes, and lifting size sub-sets corresponding to the 8second parity check matrixes are 8 lifting size sub-sets shown in Table1, respectively. The lifting size sub-set supported by the i_(LS)-thsecond parity check matrix of the parity check matrix set P2 correspondsto the i_(LS)-th lifting size sub-set shown in Table 1. That is, thecorrespondence is as follows: a lifting size sub-set corresponding tothe 0th second parity check matrix is {2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256,512, 1024}, a lifting size sub-set corresponding to the 1st secondparity check matrix is {3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, 768}, a liftingsize sub-set corresponding to the 2nd second parity check matrix is {5,10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640}, a lifting size sub-set corresponding tothe 3rd second parity check matrix is {7, 14, 28, 56, 112, 224, 448,896}, a lifting size sub-set corresponding to the 4th second paritycheck matrix is {9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288, 576}, a lifting size sub-setcorresponding to the 5th second parity check matrix is {11, 22, 44, 88,176, 352, 704}, a lifting size sub-set corresponding to the 6th secondparity check matrix is {13, 26, 52, 104, 208, 416, 832}, and a liftingsize sub-set corresponding to the 7th second parity check matrix is {15,30, 60, 120, 240, 480, 960}. That is, a maximum lifting size supportedby the parity check matrix set P2 is Zmax2=1024, which is equal to 4times of 256 (256 is a maximum lifting size in the (i_(LS)=0)th liftingsize sub-set supported by the parity check matrix set P1). And a setconstituted by the lifting sizes supported by the parity check matrixset P2 is Zset2={2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18,20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 72, 80, 88,96, 104, 112, 120, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 224, 240, 256, 288,320, 352, 384, 416, 448, 480, 512, 576, 640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960,1024}, and it can be seen that Zset1 is a sub-set of Zset2.

In this example, the row index sequence and the column index sequencemeet the following combination: the row index sequence is a set ofnon-contiguous ascending integers; and first kb2 elements of the columnindex sequence are contiguous ascending integers. Since first kb2elements of the column index sequence are contiguous ascending integers,the variable node updating module (corresponding to updating of acertain column in the parity check matrix) in the LDPC decoder of theparity check matrix set P2 is fully compatible with variable nodeupdating in the LDPC decoder of the parity check matrix set P1; and therow index sequence being a set of non-contiguous ascending integers mayensure the excellent decoding performance of LDPC code.

In an example, first kb2 elements of the column index sequence are a setconsisting of all the integers from 0 to (kb2−1), such as {0, 1, 2, . .. , (kb2−2), (kb2−1)}, where kb2 is an integer greater than 1, kb2 is anumber of systematic columns of the base graph of the parity checkmatrix set P2 (the number of systematic columns is equal to a differencebetween a number of columns of the base graph and a number of rows ofthe base graph). For example, the row index sequence α is a sub-set ofthe set [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26,27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45].

In an example, the row index sequence α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10,11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45]. And the column index sequence β. [0, 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67]. That is, the length of the rowindex sequence α is equal to mb2=34, and the length of the column indexsequence β is equal to nb2=50. That is, the base graph of the paritycheck matrix set P2 determined by the row index sequence α, the columnindex sequence β and the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 isa matrix with a size of mb2=34 rows and nb2=50 columns, and a number ofsystematic columns is kb2=16.

Example 2

In this example, the row index sequence and the column index sequencemeet the following combination: the row index sequence is a set ofcontiguous ascending integers, and first kb2 elements of the columnindex sequence are a set of non-contiguous ascending integers. Since therow index sequence is a set of contiguous ascending integers, the checknode updating module (corresponding to updating of a certain row in theparity check matrix) in the LDPC decoder of the parity check matrix setP2 is fully compatible with check node updating in the LDPC decoder ofparity check matrix set P1; and first kb2 elements of the column indexsequence being a set of non-contiguous ascending integers may ensure theexcellent decoding performance of LDPC code. In this example, positionsand element values of elements equal to 1 in the base graph of P1 may bedifferent from those defined in Table 2. Table 2 is only an exemplaryillustration. In the case of different index sequences α or β, positionsand element values of elements equal to 1 in the base graph of theparity check matrix set P1 may also be different.

In an example, the row index sequence includes mb2 elements, and is aset consisting of 0 to (mb2−1), i.e., {0, 1, 2, . . . , (mb2−2),(mb2−1)}, where mb2 is an integer greater than 1, and mb2 is a number ofrows of the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2. The row indexsequence α is a sub-set of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,31, 32, 33]. And first kb2 elements of the column index sequence β arenon-contiguous ascending integers, and a set consisting of first kb2elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21].

In an example, the row index sequence α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33]; and the column index sequence β=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55]. That is, a length of the row indexsequence α is equal to mb=34, and a length of the column index sequenceβ is equal to nb=50. That is, a base graph of the parity check matrixset P2 determined by the row index sequence α, the column index sequenceβ and the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 is a matrix witha size of mb2=34 rows and nb2=50 columns, and kb2=16.

In an example, a set of first kb2 elements of the column index sequenceβ is a sub-set of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19,21]. Correspondingly, the parity check matrix set P1 includes at leastone of the first parity check matrixes corresponding to index i_(LS)equal to 0 to 7.

In an example, the column index sequence β=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10,11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 54, 55]. Correspondingly, the parity check matrix set P1includes 8 first parity check matrixes corresponding to the index i_(LS)equal 0 to 7.

In an example, a set consisting of first kb2 elements of the columnindex sequence β is a sub-set of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14,16, 17, 19, 20, 21]. Correspondingly, the parity check matrix set P1includes at least one of the first parity check matrixes correspondingto index i_(LS) equal 0 to 7.

In an example, the column index sequence β=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10,13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 54, 55]. Correspondingly, the parity check matrix set P1includes 8 first parity check matrixes corresponding to index i_(LS)equal to 0 to 7.

In an example, a set consisting of first kb2 elements of the columnindex sequence β is a sub-set of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16,17, 18, 19, 21]. Correspondingly, the parity check matrix set P1includes at least one of the first parity check matrixes correspondingto index i_(LS) equal to 0 to 7.

In an example, the column index sequence β=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 54, 55]. Correspondingly, the parity check matrix set P1includes 8 first parity check matrixes corresponding to index i_(LS)equal to 0 to 7.

Example 3

In this example, the row index sequence and the column index sequencemeet the following combination: the row index sequence is a set ofnon-contiguous ascending integers; and first kb2 elements of the columnindex sequence are non-contiguous ascending integers. Since the rowindex sequence is a set of non-contiguous ascending integers and firstkb2 elements of the column index sequence are non-contiguous ascendingintegers, the excellent performance of LDPC decoding may be ensured;moreover, since the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 is asub-matrix (i.e., an extracted matrix) of the base graph of theparity-check matrix set P1, the parity check matrix set P2 and theparity-check matrix set P1 are fully compatible on the LDPC decodinghardware, only some switch circuits need to be added, and the switchcircuits are used to enable or disable part of the routing circuits andthe corresponding variable node updating module or check node updatingmodule circuits. In this example, positions and element values ofelements equal to 1 in the base graph of P1 may be different from thosedefined in Table 2. Table 2 is only an exemplary illustration. In thecase of different index sequences α or β, positions and element valuesof elements equal to 1 in the base graph of P1 may also be different.

In an example, the row index sequence α is a sub-set of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32,33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45]. And first kb2 elements of thecolumn index sequence are non-contiguous ascending integers, and a setof first kb2 elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of [0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 21]. The parity checkmatrix set P1 includes at least one of the first parity check matrixescorresponding to index i_(LS) equal to 0 to 7.

For example, the row index sequence α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11,12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38,39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45]. The column index sequence β=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32,33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58,60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67]. That is, a length of the row index sequenceα is equal to mb=34, and a length of the column index sequence β isequal to nb=50. That is, a base graph of the parity check matrix set P2determined by the row index sequence α, the column index sequence β andthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 is a matrix with a sizeof mb2=34 rows and nb2=50 columns, and a number of systematic columns iskb2=16. In this example, the parity check matrix set P1 includes 8 firstparity check matrixes corresponding to index i_(LS) equal to 0 to 7.

In an example, the row index sequence α is a sub-set of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33,34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45]. And first kb2 elements of thecolumn index sequence β are non-contiguous ascending integers, and a setof first kb2 elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of [0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16]. The parity checkmatrix set P1 includes at least one of the first parity check matrixescorresponding to index i_(LS) equal to 0 to 7.

For example, the row index sequence α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38,39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45]. The column index sequence β=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32,33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58,60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67]. That is, a length of the row index sequenceα is equal to mb=34, and a length of the column index sequence β isequal to nb=50. That is, a base graph of the parity check matrix set P2determined by the row index sequence α, the column index sequence β andthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 is a matrix with a sizeof mb2=34 rows and nb2=50 columns, and a number of systematic columns iskb2=16. In this example, the parity check matrix set P1 includes 8 firstparity check matrixes corresponding to index i_(LS) equal to 0 to 7.

Example 4

In this example, the row index sequence and the column index sequencemeet the following combination: the row index sequence is a set ofcontiguous ascending integers, and first kb2 elements of the columnindex sequence are contiguous ascending integers. Since the row indexsequence is a set of contiguous ascending integers, the check nodeupdating module (corresponding to updating of a certain row in theparity check matrix) in the LDPC decoder of the parity check matrix setP2 is fully compatible with check node updating in the LDPC decoder ofthe parity check matrix set P1. In addition, first kb2 elements of thecolumn index sequence is a set of contiguous ascending integers, so thecheck node updating module (corresponding to updating of a certaincolumn in the parity check matrix) in the LDPC decoder of the paritycheck matrix set P2 is fully compatible with check node updating in theLDPC decoder of the parity check matrix set P1. In this example,positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in the base graph ofthe parity check matrix set P1 may be different from those defined inTable 2. Table 2 is only an exemplary illustration. In the case ofdifferent index sequences α or β, positions and element values ofelements equal to 1 in the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1may also be different.

In an example, mb2 elements of the row index sequence constitute a set{0, 1, 2, . . . , (mb2−2), (mb2−1)}, where mb2 is an integer greaterthan 1. The row index sequence α is a sub-set of a set [0, 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33]. And the set of first kb2elements of the column index sequence β is {0, 1, 2, . . . , (kb2−2),(kb2−1)}, where kb2 is an integer greater than 1. A set of first kb2elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]. The parity check matrix set P1includes at least one of the first parity check matrixes correspondingto index i_(LS) equal to 0 to 7.

For example, the row index sequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33]. And the column index sequence is β=[0, 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46,47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55]. That is, a length of the row indexsequence α is equal to mb=34, and a length of the column index sequenceβ is equal to nb=50. That is, a base graph of the parity check matrixset P2 determined by the row index sequence α, the column index sequenceβ and the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 is a matrix witha size of mb2=34 rows and nb2=50 columns, and a number of systematiccolumns is kb2=16. In this example, the parity check matrix set P1includes 8 first parity check matrixes corresponding to index i_(LS)equal to 0 to 7.

Example 5

In this example, the row index sequence meets: elements in the row indexsequence are non-ascending integers expect that first M elements in therow index sequence are ascending integers, where M is an integer greaterthan 1 and less than mb2. Since the elements in the row index sequenceare non-ascending integers, in a case where a base graph of the paritycheck matrix set P2 is taken as a sub-matrix of the base graph of theparity check matrix set P1, the parity check matrix set P2 may havelower error floors and block error rate (BLER) in waterfall region. Inthis example, positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in thebase graph of the parity check matrix set P1 may be different from thosedefined in Table 2. Table 2 is only an exemplary illustration. In thecase of different index sequences α or β, positions and element valuesof elements equal to 1 in the base graph of P1 may also be different.

In an example, the row index sequence is a sub-set of the set [0, 1, 2,3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 43, 18, 19, 20, 30, 24, 29, 7, 22, 31, 32,33, 34, 28, 23, 38, 39, 40, 42, 5, 44, 45, 25]. And a set consisting offirst kb2 elements of the column index sequence is a sub-set of [0, 1,3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21]. The parity checkmatrix set P1 includes at least one of the first parity check matrixescorresponding to index i_(LS) equal to 0 to 7.

For example, the row index sequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12,15, 16, 43, 18, 19, 20, 30, 24, 29, 7, 22, 31, 32, 33, 34, 28, 23, 38,39, 40, 42, 5, 44, 45, 25]. And the column index sequence is [0, 1, 3,4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30,31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 65, 40, 41, 42, 52, 46, 51, 29, 44, 53, 54, 55, 56,50, 45, 60, 61, 62, 64, 27, 66, 67, 47]. That is, a length of the rowindex sequence α is equal to mb=34, and a length of the column indexsequence β is equal to nb=50. That is, a base graph of the parity checkmatrix set P2 determined by the row index sequence α, the column indexsequence β and the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 is amatrix with a size of mb2=34 rows and nb2=50 columns, and a number ofsystematic columns is kb2=16.

In this example, the parity check matrix set P1 includes at least one ofthe parity check matrixes shown in Table 3; or the parity check matrixset P1 includes at least one sub-matrix of the parity check matrixesshown in Table 11, for example, a sub-matrix consisting of the first mbrow and the first (mb+16) columns of the parity check matrix shown inTable 11, where mb is an integer greater than 3. mb is equal to 4, 6, 8,10, or 18. The LDPC encoding is then performed according to the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P2 determined according to the rowindex sequence α, the column index sequence β and the base graph of theparity check matrix set P1.

Table 3 shows positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in thebase graph of the parity check matrix set P1, where a position of anelement equal to 1 in the parity check matrix set P1 is represented byrow index (i) and column index (j), and the position of the elementequal to 1 corresponds to a position of an element indicating a cyclicalshift of an identity matrix, and defines an element value (V_(i,j)) atthe position in corresponding parity check matrix, i.e., a number ofbits of the cyclical shift. In the base graph of the parity check matrixset P1, a position of a row index or column index not defined in Table 3corresponds to an element value “0”, that is, corresponds to a positionindicating the all-zero square matrix. In this example, the parity checkmatrix set P1 includes at least one parity check matrix in Table 3. Theparity check matrix set P2 is determined by the parity check matrix setP1, the row index sequence α and the column index sequence LDPC encodingis performed according to the parity check matrix set P2.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of simulation performance of LDPC encodingbased on a target parity check matrix provided by an embodiment. Asshown in FIG. 3 , the horizontal coordinate is signal noise ratio (SNR),the unit is dB, and the vertical coordinate is BLER. For the paritycheck matrix set P2, a corresponding information length is 16384, and acode rate R includes {8/9, 5/6, 3/4, 2/3, 1/2, 2/5, 1/3}, it can be seenthat under different code rates, performing LDPC encoding by determiningthe target parity check matrix from the second parity check matrix sethas good performance, and there is no error floor.

TABLE 3 positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P1 (i represents a row index, and jrepresents a column index) V_(i, j) HB_(G) Lifting size sub-set indexi_(LS) i j 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 0 1018 691 393 223 211 646 624 855 1 325 1915 464 198 118 208 947 2 226 50 103 94 188 167 0 126 3 927 369 369 763186 682 624 614 5 100 181 240 74 219 207 0 84 6 778 600 359 234 292 517208 83 9 59 317 15 0 29 243 0 53 10 997 288 162 429 144 602 416 945 11622 493 215 440 404 353 624 925 12 191 17 164 21 504 339 0 508 13 777357 133 887 115 553 0 75 15 195 215 298 14 233 53 0 135 16 23 490 430742 432 699 624 457 18 446 626 433 141 383 304 0 460 19 35 180 16 198216 167 0 90 20 239 330 189 104 73 47 0 105 21 799 346 32 753 261 188624 857 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 258 460 303 813 179429 230 576 2 239 76 294 45 162 225 11 236 3 629 457 347 599 511 96 124616 4 124 288 261 270 256 338 624 941 5 71 144 161 119 160 268 10 128 7222 715 133 157 76 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Example 6

In this example, the row index sequence α is a sub-set of or equal tothe set [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 9, 12, 6, 13, 19, 18, 22, 43, 29, 31,30, 40, 32, 25, 10, 42, 23, 5, 36, 38, 41, 28, 34, 16, 20, 35]; a set offirst kb2 elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of orequal to the set [0, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19,21].

Alternatively, the row index sequence α is a sub-set of or equal to theset [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 6, 12, 9, 25, 22, 29, 10, 30, 11, 36, 34,32, 18, 31, 19, 43, 45, 17, 26, 44, 35, 42, 28, 38, 33, 13]; a set offirst kb2 elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of orequal to the set [0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,21].

Alternatively, the row index sequence α is a sub-set of or equal to theset [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 6, 12, 9, 25, 22, 13, 10, 30, 32, 38, 29,18, 35, 31, 34, 44, 19, 5, 45, 41, 42, 43, 16, 36, 33, 23]; a set offirst kb2 elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of orequal to the set [0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18,21].

Alternatively, the row index sequence α is a sub-set of or equal to theset [0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 19, 8, 15, 9, 12, 29, 18, 22, 31, 38, 43, 30, 5, 39,13, 41, 20, 24, 34, 33, 28, 23, 16, 44, 21, 42, 32, 10, 6]; a set offirst kb2 elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of orequal to the set [0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21].

Alternatively, the row index sequence α is a sub-set of or equal to theset [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 9, 12, 19, 6, 10, 22, 18, 5, 30, 45, 34,16, 31, 29, 24, 40, 20, 23, 41, 35, 44, 33, 38, 43, 42, 32]; a set offirst kb2 elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of orequal to the set [0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20,21].

Alternatively, the row index sequence α is a sub-set of or equal to theset [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 9, 12, 6, 19, 22, 25, 29, 32, 30, 13, 21,18, 43, 34, 33, 14, 23, 17, 10, 45, 28, 42, 38, 41, 20, 36]; a set offirst kb2 elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of orequal to the set [0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20,21].

Alternatively, the row index sequence α is a sub-set of or equal to theset [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 15, 5, 8, 14, 24, 30, 35, 16, 21, 13, 32, 20,17, 44, 39, 31, 28, 33, 10, 42, 22, 25, 19, 27, 38, 34, 43]; a set offirst kb2 elements of the column index sequence β is a sub-set of orequal to the set [0, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20,21].

Example 7

In this example, a maximum lifting size Zmax2 supported by the paritycheck matrix set P2 includes one of 416, 448, 480, 512, 576, 640, 704,768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1152, 1280, 1408, 1536, 1664, 1792, 1920 or2048. Since a maximum lifting size Zmax2 supported by the parity checkmatrix set P2 is relatively large (for example, greater than 384), thedecoder of the parity check matrix set P2 may adopt a greater decodingparallelism. Therefore, decoding speed of the decoder is faster, and acorresponding decoding throughput is higher.

Table 4 shows lifting sizes supported by the parity check matrix set P2provided in an example. As shown in Table 4, a maximum lifting sizesupported by the parity check matrix set P2 is 2048.

TABLE 4 lifting sizes supported by the parity check matrix set P2Lifting size sub-set index (i_(LS)) Lifting sizes supported by P2 0 {2,4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048} 1 {3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96,192, 384, 768, 1536} 2 {5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, 1280} 3 {7,14, 28, 56, 112, 224, 448, 896, 1792} 4 {9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288, 576,1152} 5 {11, 22, 44, 88, 176, 352, 704, 1408} 6 {13, 26, 52, 104, 208,416, 832, 1664} 7 {15, 30, 60, 120, 240, 480, 960, 1920}

Table 5 shows lifting sizes supported by the parity check matrix set P2provided in an example. As shown in Table 5, a maximum lifting sizesupported by the parity check matrix set P2 is 1920.

TABLE 5 lifting sizes supported by the parity check matrix set P2Lifting size sub-set index (i_(LS)) Lifting sizes supported by P2 0 {2,4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024} 1 {3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192,384, 768, 1536} 2 {5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, 1280} 3 {7, 14, 28,56, 112, 224, 448, 896, 1792} 4 {9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288, 576, 1152} 5{11, 22, 44, 88, 176, 352, 704, 1408} 6 {13, 26, 52, 104, 208, 416, 832,1664} 7 {15, 30, 60, 120, 240, 480, 960, 1920}

Table 6 shows lifting sizes supported by the parity check matrix set P2provided in another example. As shown in Table 6, the maximum liftingsize supported by the parity check matrix set P2 is 1664.

TABLE 6 lifting sizes supported by the parity check matrix set P2Lifting size sub-set index (i_(LS)) Lifting sizes supported by P2 0 {2,4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024} 1 {3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192,384, 768, 1536} 2 {5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, 1280} 3 {7, 14, 28,56, 112, 224, 448, 896} 4 {9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288, 576, 1152} 5 {11,22, 44, 88, 176, 352, 704, 1408} 6 {13, 26, 52, 104, 208, 416, 832,1664} 7 {15, 30, 60, 120, 240, 480, 960}

Example 8

In this example, a number of systematic columns of the base graph of theparity check matrix set P2 is kb2, where kb2 is equal to 12, 14, 16, 18or 20, a length of kb2 is equal to a difference between a length of thecolumn index sequence and a length of the row index sequence. The lengthof the row index sequence is equal to 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14,16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38 or 42.

In an example, a number of systematic columns of the base graph of theparity check matrix set P2 is kb2=20, and a set consisting of first kb2elements of the column index sequence β is β0=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]. A length of the row indexsequence is equal to 42, 32, 22, 12, 9, 6 or 5. For example, a length ofthe row index sequence is equal to 22, and the row index sequence α=[0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21]; a length of the row index sequence is equal to 12, and the rowindex sequence α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]; a length of therow index sequence is equal to 6, and the row index sequence α=[0, 1, 2,3, 4, 5]; or a length of the row index sequence is equal to 5, and therow index sequence α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]. A maximum information lengthsupported by the parity check matrix set P2 is Kmax2, where Kmax2 isequal to 20480.

In an example, a number of systematic columns of the base graph of theparity check matrix set P2 is kb2=18, and a set consisting of first kb2elements of the column index sequence β is/30=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]. A length of the row indexsequence is equal to 38, 29, 20, 11, 8, 6 or 5. For example, a length ofthe row index sequence is equal to 29, and the row index sequence α=[0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28]; a length of the row index sequence isequal to 11, and the row index sequence α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10]; or a length of the row index sequence is equal to 5, and the rowindex sequence α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]. A maximum information length supportedby the parity check matrix set P2 is Kmax2, where Kmax2 is equal to18432.

In an example, a number of systematic columns of the base graph of theparity check matrix set P2 is kb2=16, and a set consisting of first kb2elements of the column index sequence β is 80=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]. A length of the row index sequence isequal to 34, 26, 18, 10, 8, 6 or 4. For example, a row index sequenceincludes at least one of 1) a length of the row index sequence is equalto 26, and the row index sequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]; 2) alength of the row index sequence is equal to 18, and the row indexsequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17]; 3) a length of the row index sequence is equal to 10, and the rowindex sequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]; 4) a length of therow index sequence is equal to 8, and the row index sequence is α=[0, 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]; 5) the length of the row index sequence is equal to6, and the row index sequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; 6) a length ofthe row index sequence is equal to 4, and the row index sequence isα=[0, 1, 2, 3]. A maximum information length supported by the paritycheck matrix set P2 is Kmax2, where Kmax2 is equal to 16384.

In an example, a number of systematic columns of the base graph of theparity check matrix set P2 is kb2=14, and a set consisting of first kb2elements of the column index sequence β is 80=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]. A length of the row index sequence is equal to30, 23, 16, 9, 7, 5 or 4. For example, the row index sequence includesat least one of 1) a length of the row index sequence is equal to 30,and the row index sequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29];2) a length of the row index sequence is equal to 23, and the row indexsequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22]; 3) a length of the row index sequence is equalto 16, and the row index sequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]; 4) a length of the row index sequence is equalto 9, and the row index sequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]; 5) alength of the row index sequence is equal to 7, and the row indexsequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]; 6) a length of the row indexsequence is equal to 5, and the row index sequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4];7) a length of the row index sequence is equal to 4, and the row indexsequence is α=[0, 1, 2, 3]. A maximum information length supported bythe parity check matrix set P2 is Kmax2, where Kmax2 is equal to 14336.

In an example, the column index sequence β is a union of a set β0 and aset obtained by adding 22 to each element in α, that is, {β0, (α+22)}.

Example 9

In this example, a base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 may bedetermined only according to the row index sequence α and the base graphof the parity check matrix set P1. The process of determining the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P2 includes the following twoformulas:

H′ _(BG) =H _(BG1)(α,:)

H _(BG2) =H′ _(BG)(:,[0˜(kb2−1),22+α])

In this example, H_(BG1) is a base graph of the parity check matrix setP1; H_(BG2) is a base graph of the parity check matrix set P2; H_(BG1)(α, :) represents a new matrix constituted by rows with row index ataken out from the matrix H_(BG1); similarly, H′_(BG) (:, x) representsa new matrix constituted by columns with column index x taken out fromthe matrix H′_(BG). That is, the base graph H_(BG2) of the parity checkmatrix set P2 is a sub-matrix (or an extracted matrix) of the base graphH_(BG1) of the parity check matrix set P1; where [0−(kb2−1)] representsa set consisting of all the integers from 0 to kb2−1. (22+α) representsa set obtained by adding 22 to each element in the set α. [0˜(kb2−1),22+α] represents a union of a set consisting of all the integers from 0to (kb2−1) and a set obtained by adding 22 to each element in the set α.The row index sequence α=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19,20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42,44, 45]. It can be seen that the column index sequence β is a setconsisting of integers from 0 to (kb2−1), where kb2 is equal to 12, 14,15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20.

Example 10

In this example, the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 may bedetermined only according to the column index sequence β and the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P1. The process of determining thebase graph of the parity check matrix set P2 includes the following twoformulas:

H′ _(BG) =H _(BG1)([0˜mb2−1],:)

H _(BG2) =H′ _(BG)(:,β)

In this example, H_(BG1) is a base graph of the parity check matrix setP1; H_(BG2) is a base graph of the parity check matrix set P2; H_(BG1)(x, :) represents a new matrix constituted by rows with row index xtaken out from the matrix H_(BG1); similarly, H′_(BG) (:, x) representsa new matrix constituted by columns with column index x taken out fromthe matrix H′_(BG). That is, the base graph H_(BG2) of the parity checkmatrix set P2 is a sub-matrix (or an extracted matrix) of the base graphH_(BG1) of the parity check matrix set P1; where [0˜(mb2−1)] representsa set consisting of all the integers greater than or equal to 0 and lessthan or equal to (mb2−1). The column index sequence is β=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55], and mb2 is equal to 34.

Example 11

In this example, there are G lifting size sub-sets, where indexes of thelifting size sub-sets are 0, 1, . . . , (G−1) respectively, where G isan integer greater than 1, and there is no intersection between any twolifting size sub-sets. The indexes of the lifting size sub-setssupported by the parity check matrix set P1 constitute a set Set1; theindexes of the lifting size sub-sets supported by the parity checkmatrix set P2 constitute a set Set2. The intersection of Set2 and Set1is an empty set.

The indexes of the lifting size sub-sets supported by the parity checkmatrix set P1 is i_(LS)=0 to 7, that is, the indexes of all thesupported lifting size sub-sets constitute the Set1={0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7}. The lifting size sub-sets supported by the parity check matrixset P2 include at least one lifting size sub-set with the followingcharacteristics: all the lifting sizes in the lifting size sub-set meeta·2^(b), where a is an odd integer greater than 15, and b is a set ofnon-negative integers.

In an example, a is equal to 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37,39, or 41; b is a set consisting of 0 to B, where B is equal to 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.

Table 7 shows lifting size sub-sets supported by the parity check matrixset P1 provided in an example. As shown in Table 7, G is equal to 12,that is, there are 12 lifting size sub-sets. The lifting size sub-setssupported by the parity check matrix set P1 include 8 lifting sizesub-sets (Set1={0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}) corresponding to i_(LS)=0 to 7,and the lifting size sub-sets supported by the parity check matrix setP2 include 4 lifting size sub-sets (Set2={8, 9, 10, 11}) correspondingto i_(LS)=8 to 11. The intersection of Set2 and Set1 is an empty set.

TABLE 7 lifting size sub-sets supported by the parity check matrix setP1 Lifting size sub-set index (i_(LS)) Lifting sizes 0 {2, 4, 8, 16, 32,64, 128, 256} 1 {3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384} 2 {5, 10, 20, 40, 80,160, 320} 3 {7, 14, 28, 56, 112, 224} 4 {9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288} 5 {11,22, 44, 88, 176, 352} 6 {13, 26, 52, 104, 208} 7 {15, 30, 60, 120, 240}8 {17, 34, 68, 136, 272, 544, 1088} 9 {19, 38, 76, 152, 304, 608} 10{21, 42, 84, 168, 336, 672} 11 {23, 46, 92, 184, 368, 736}

Example 12

In this example, there are G lifting size sub-sets, and indexes of thelifting size sub-sets are 0, 1, . . . , (G−1), respectively, where G isan integer greater than 1, and there is no intersection between any twolifting size sub-sets. The indexes of the lifting size sub-setssupported by the parity check matrix set P1 constitute a set Set1, andindexes of the lifting size sub-sets supported by the parity checkmatrix set P2 constitute a set Set2. Set2 is a sub-set of Set1, and alength of Set2 is less than a length of Set1.

In an example, Set1={0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}.

Table 8 shows lifting size sub-sets supported by the parity check matrixset P1 provided in another example. As shown in Table 8, the paritycheck matrix set P1 supports a set consisting of all the lifting sizesless than or equal to 384, and the corresponding indexes i_(LS) areequal to integers in Set1, that is, equal to 0 to 7. That is, a set ofthe lifting sizes supported by the parity check matrix set P1 isZset1={2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22,24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104,112, 120, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 224, 240, 256, 288, 320, 352,384}.

TABLE 8 lifting size sub-sets supported by the parity check matrix setP1 Lifting size sub-set index (i_(LS)) Lifting sizes 0 {2, 4, 8, 16, 32,64, 128, 256, 512, 1024} 1 {3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, 768} 2 {5,10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640} 3 {7, 14, 28, 56, 112, 224, 448, 896} 4{9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288} 5 {11, 22, 44, 88, 176, 352} 6 {13, 26, 52,104, 208} 7 {15, 30, 60, 120, 240}

The indexes i_(LS) of the lifting size sub-sets supported by the paritycheck matrix set P2 are 0 to 3, that is, Set2={0, 1, 2, 3}. The liftingsizes supported by the parity check matrix set P2 include one of:

1) The parity check matrix set P2 supports all the lifting sizes greaterthan 384 in the lifting size sub-sets with indexes i_(LS) belonging toSet2={0, 1, 2, 3}, that is, the supported lifting sizes belong to {448,512, 640, 768, 896, 1024}. That is, a set of all the lifting sizessupported by the parity check matrix set P2 is Zset2={448, 512, 640,768, 896, 1024}, and there is no intersection between Zset1 and Zset2;

2) The parity check matrix set P2 supports all the lifting sizes in thelifting size sub-sets with indexes i_(LS) belonging to Set2={0, 1, 2,3}, that is, a set consisting of all lifting sizes supported by theparity check matrix set P2 is Zset2={2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14,16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224,256, 320, 384, 448, 512, 640, 768, 896, 1024}. That is, an intersectionof Zset1 and Zset2 is Zset, which is equal to {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10,12, 14, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192,224, 256, 320, 384}, a number of elements of Zset (29) is less than anumber of elements of Zset1 (51), and a number of elements of Zset (29)is less than a number of the elements of Zset2 (35).

Example 13

In this example, the parity check matrix set P2 includes at least oneparity check matrix. The parity check matrix (which is the second paritycheck matrix) includes k0 up-and-down adjacent pairs {h_(i,j),h_((i+1)mod mb,j)}, two elements in an up-and-down adjacent pair areelements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes, and mb is anumber of rows of the parity check matrix. The first type of up-and-downadjacent pair refers to an up-and-down adjacent pair (h_(i,k) andh_(j,k)) meeting the following relationship: mod(h_(i,k)−h_(j,k), 2)≤0,j=(i+1) mod mb; the second type of up-and-down adjacent pair refers toan up-and-down adjacent pair (h_(i,k) and h_(j,k)) meeting the followingrelationship: mod(h_(i,k)−h_(j,k), 2)>0, j=(i+1) mod mb, where k0, k1and k2 are positive integers, and k1 is greater than 3 times of k2.

In this example, the parity check matrix set P2 includes at least one ofthe parity check matrixes shown in Table 9; or the parity check matrixset P2 includes at least a sub-matrix of one of the parity checkmatrixes shown in Table 9, such as, a sub-matrix consisting of the firstmb rows and the first (mb+16) columns of a parity check matrix shown inTable 9, where mb is an integer greater than 3. mb is equal to 4, 6, 8,10, or 18. LDPC encoding is performed based on the parity check matrixset P2.

Table 9 shows positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in thebase graph of the parity check matrix set P2, where a position of anelement equal to 1 is represented by row index (i) and column index (j),and a position of an element equal to 1 corresponds to a position of anelement indicating a cyclical shift of an identity matrix, and definesan element value (V_(i,j)) at the position in the corresponding paritycheck matrix, i.e., a number of bits of the cyclical shift. In the basegraph H_(BG1) of the parity check matrix set P2, element valuescorresponding to positions (i.e., positions not defined in Table 9) ofother row indexes or column indexes (that is, corresponding to positionsindicating the all-zero square matrix) are “0”. There are 8 parity checkmatrixes in Table 9, where:

the 0th parity check matrix has k0=57 up-and-down adjacent pairs,including k1=51 first type of up-and-down adjacent pairs and k2=6 secondtype of up-and-down adjacent pairs; the 1st parity check matrix hask0=57 up-and-down adjacent pairs, including k1=50 first type ofup-and-down adjacent pairs and k2=7 second type of up-and-down adjacentpairs; the 2nd parity check matrix has k0=57 up-and-down adjacent pairs,including k1=50 first type of up-and-down adjacent pairs and k2=7 secondtype of up-and-down adjacent pairs; the 3rd parity check matrix hask0=57 up-and-down adjacent pairs, including k1=52 first type ofup-and-down adjacent pairs and k2=5 second type of up-and-down adjacentpairs; the 4th parity check matrix has k0=57 up-and-down adjacent pairs,including k1=53 first type of up-and-down adjacent pairs and k2=4 secondtype of up-and-down adjacent pairs; the 5th parity check matrix hask0=57 up-and-down adjacent pairs, including k1=52 first type ofup-and-down adjacent pairs and k2=5 second type of up-and-down adjacentpairs; the 6th parity check matrix has k0=57 up-and-down adjacent pairs,including k1=50 first type of up-and-down adjacent pairs and k2=7 secondtype of up-and-down adjacent pairs; the 7th parity check matrix hask0=57 up-and-down adjacent pairs, including k1=51 first type ofup-and-down adjacent pairs and k2=6 second type of up-and-down adjacentpairs.

In an example, k1 is greater than 5 times of k2.

In this example, the parity check matrix set P2 includes at least one ofthe second parity check matrixes corresponding to index i_(LS) equal to0 to 7 as shown in Table 9.

TABLE 9 positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P2 (i represents a row index, and jrepresents a column index) V_(i, j) HB_(G2) Lifting size sub-set indexi_(LS) i j 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 0 541 203 128 614 441 330 263 618 1 635 41122 402 49 502 596 662 2 914 147 138 54 117 317 520 299 3 312 44 221 207549 11 68 607 5 382 13 132 790 187 411 17 799 6 566 660 193 699 209 406257 432 9 199 570 329 573 520 221 396 831 10 635 671 534 894 156 87 721472 11 963 26 453 394 272 433 643 735 12 298 181 338 203 263 122 166 50613 889 416 457 257 421 666 29 834 15 932 704 12 60 173 551 743 619 16 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 123 226 455 304 155 59 824 540 2780 479 90 462 374 343 292 27 3 181 211 271 310 93 339 418 428 4 321 261572 195 467 318 767 84 5 770 425 284 372 335 559 293 691 7 844 757 34257 365 118 97 42 8 708 394 268 707 45 373 229 613 9 629 302 139 621 568137 622 301 11 415 376 546 858 269 511 777 161 12 694 407 450 512 555698 753 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Example 14

In this example, the parity check matrix set P2 includes at least oneparity check matrix. The parity check matrix (which is the second paritycheck matrix) meets: the parity check matrix includes k3 first type ofelements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes and k4 secondtype of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes. Thefirst type of element indicating the cyclical shift of the identitymatrix meets the following relationship: mod(h_(i,j), 2)>0, and thesecond type of elements indicating the cyclical shift of the identitymatrix meets the following relationship: mod(h_(i,j), 2)>0, whereh_(i,j) is an element indicating a cyclical shift of an identity matrixand with a horizontal coordinate of i and a column coordinate of j inthe parity check matrix. k3 and k4 are both positive integers, and k3 isgreater than 3 times of k4.

In this example, positions and element values of elements equal to 1 inthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 may be different fromthose defined in Table 9. Table 9 is only an exemplary illustration. Inthe case of different index sequences α or β, positions and elementvalues of elements equal to 1 in the base graph of the parity checkmatrix set P2 may also be different.

Example 15

In this embodiment, the target parity check matrix is determinedaccording to the target base graph H_(BG).

An input information bit sequence (i.e., data to be transmitted) forLDPC encoding is represented as c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1) with alength of K bits. The encoded bit sequence obtained by LDPC encoding isrepresented as d₀, d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1) with a length of N bits. Theprocess of performing LDPC encoding on the input information bitsequence includes the following steps.

In step 1, an index i_(LS) of the lifting size sub-set is determined.Each index i_(LS) defines a lifting size sub-set. An index of thelifting size sub-set that contains the target lifting size Z_(c) isdenoted as i_(LS).

In step 2, the (2·Z_(c))th to (K−1)th bits in the input information bitsequence c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1) are stored into the encoded bitsequence d₀, d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1).

In step 3, (N+2Z_(c)−K) parity bits are generated, which are w=[w₀, w₁,w₂, . . . , w_(N+2Z) _(c) _(−K−1)]^(T), and

${H \times \begin{bmatrix}c \\w\end{bmatrix}} = 0$

is met, where c=[c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1)]^(T). 0 in thisrelationship refers to an all-zero vector, and all LDPC encodingoperations are performed in binary Galois fields (GF(2)). The targetparity check matrix Hb belongs to the parity check matrix set P2, andcorrespondingly, the target base graph H_(BG) belongs to the base graphof the parity check matrix set P2.

The process of determining the check matrix includes:

-   -   replacing all “0” elements in the target base graph H_(BG) with        an all-zero square matrix, a size of the all-zero square matrix        being Z_(c) by Z_(c); and replacing all “1” elements in the        target base graph H_(BG) with a matrix I(P_(i,j)) which has been        cyclically shifted an identity matrix, the identity matrix being        of a size Z_(c) by Z_(c), where i and j are the row index and        column index of the base graph H_(BG), respectively. I(P_(i,j))        represents a matrix obtained by cyclically right shifting an        identity matrix with a size Z_(c) by Z_(c) by P_(i,j) bits.        P_(i,j)=mod(V_(i,j),Z_(c)), where V_(i,j) is an element in the        i-th row and j-th column of the i_(LS)-th parity check matrix in        the parity check matrix set P1. The index i_(LS) is an index of        the parity check matrix in the parity check matrix set P1.

In step 4, the generated (N+2Z_(c)−K) parity bits w=[w₀, w₁, w₂, . . . ,w_(N+2Z) _(c) _(−K−1)]^(T) is stored into the encoded bit sequence d₀,d₁, d₂, d_(N−1).

In the standard version Release 15, the parity check matrix set P1includes 8 first parity check matrixes, and the indexes i_(LS) of thefirst parity check matrixes are 0 to 7. The i_(LS)-th parity checkmatrix supports the maximum lifting size Z_(i) _(LS) . That is, inparity check matrix set P1, the (i_(LS)=0)th parity check matrixsupports a maximum lifting size Z₀=256; the (i_(LS)=1)st parity checkmatrix supports a maximum lifting size Z₁=384; the (i_(LS)=2)nd paritycheck matrix supports a maximum lifting size Z₂=320; the (i_(LS)=3)rdparity check matrix supports a maximum lifting size Z₃=224; the(i_(LS)=4)th parity check matrix supports a maximum lifting size Z₄=288,the (i_(LS)=5)th parity check matrix supports a maximum lifting sizeZ₅=352; the (i_(LS)=6)th parity check matrix supports a maximum liftingsize Z₆=208; the (i_(LS)=7)th parity check matrix supports a maximumlifting size Z₇=240.

In the standard version Release X, there is a parity check matrix setP2. The parity check matrix set P2 includes at least one second paritycheck matrix as follows: an index corresponding to the second paritycheck matrix is i_(LS) meeting mod (V′_(i,j)−V_(i,j), Z_(i) _(LS) )=0,where V_(i,j) is an element in the i-th row and j-th column of thei_(LS)-th parity check matrix in the parity check matrix set P1 in thestandard version Release 15 and V′_(i,j) is an element in the i-th rowand the j-th column of the i_(LS)-th parity check matrix in the paritycheck matrix set P2 in the standard version Release X. V′_(i,j) andV_(i,j) are both elements indicating cyclical shifts of identitymatrixes and there is at least one pair of V′_(i,j) and V_(i,j) meetingV′_(i,j)≠V_(i,j), where the index i_(LS) of the second parity checkmatrix is an integer equal to one of 0 to 7. Z_(i) _(LS) is a maximumlifting size supported by the i_(LS)-th parity check matrix in theparity check matrix set P1 of the standard version Release 15.

The dimensions of the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 inthe standard version Release 15 are 46 rows and 68 columns and theindexes i_(LS) of the 8 first parity check matrixes in the parity checkmatrix set P1 are 0 to 7 (for example, 8 first parity check matrixesshown in Table 10 in Example 20). The parity check matrix set P2 in thestandard version Release X includes 8 second parity check matrixes,where the indexes i_(LS) of the second parity check matrixes are 0 to 7.

In this example, positions and element values of elements equal to 1 inthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 are shown in Table 2,and may also be different from those defined in Table 2; in the case ofdifferent index sequences α or β, positions and element values ofelements equal to 1 in the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1may also be different.

In an example, the dimensions of the base graph of the parity checkmatrix set P1 in the standard version Release 15 are 42 rows and 52columns and there are 8 first parity check matrixes in the parity checkmatrix set P1. The indexes i_(LS) of the first parity check matrixes are0 to 7. The parity check matrix set P2 in the standard version Release Xincludes 8 second parity check matrixes, and the indexes i_(LS) of thesecond parity check matrixes are 0 to 7.

Example 16

In this example, in the standard version Release X, there is a paritycheck matrix set P2, and the base graph of the parity check matrix setP2 is a sub-matrix (an extracted matrix) of the base graph of the paritycheck matrix set P1 in the standard version Release 15. The parity checkmatrix set P2 includes at least one second parity check matrix asfollows: an index corresponding to the second parity check matrix isi_(LS) meeting mod (V′_(i,j)−V_(a(i),b(j)), Z_(i) _(LS) )=0, whereV_(a(i),b(j)) is an element in the a(i)-th row and b(j)-th column of thei_(LS)-th second parity check matrix in the parity check matrix set P1in the standard version Release 15 and V′_(i,j) is an element in thei-th row and j-column of the i_(LS)-th second parity check in paritycheck matrix set P2 in the standard version Release X. V′_(i,j) andV_(a(i),b(j)) are both elements indicating cyclical shifts of identitymatrixes and there is at least a pair of V′_(i,j) and V_(a(i),b(j))meeting V_(i,j)≠V_(a(i),b(j)). The index i_(LS) of the second paritycheck matrix is one integer in 0 to 7. a is an extracted row indexsequence, and a length of a is less than a number of rows of the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P1; and b is an extracted columnindex sequence, and a length of b is less than a number of columns ofthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P1, where Z_(i) _(LS) is amaximum lifting size supported by the i_(LS)-th parity check matrix inthe parity check matrix set P1 in the standard version Release 15.

The dimensions of the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 inthe standard version Release 15 are 46 rows and 68 columns. The paritycheck matrix set P1 includes 8 first parity check matrixes (for example,8 first parity check matrixes shown in Table 10 in Example 20), and theindexes i_(LS) of the first parity check matrixes are 0 to 7. In thestandard version Release X, the parity check matrix set P2 includes 8second parity check matrixes PCM, and the indexes i_(LS) of the secondparity check matrixes are 0 to 7.

In an example, a is a row index sequence α in Example 1 to Example 6,and b is a column index sequence β in Example 1 to Example 6.

In an example, a is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20,24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44,45}, b is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23,24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51,52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67}. That is, thedimensions of the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 in thestandard version Release X are 34 rows and 50 columns.

Example 17

In this example, the target parity check matrix Hb is firstlydetermined; and then, low density parity check encoding is performed ondata to be transmitted according to the Hb and a target lifting size.

The input information bit sequence (i.e., the data to be transmitted)for LDPC encoding is represented as c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1) witha length of K bits. The encoded bit sequence obtained by LDPC encodingis represented as d₀, d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1) with a length of N bits.The process includes the following steps.

In step 1, an index i_(LS) of the lifting size sub-set is determined.Each index i_(LS) defines a lifting size sub-set. The index of thelifting size sub-set that contains the lifting size Z_(c) is i_(LS).

In step 2, the (2·Z_(c))th to (K−1)th bits of the input information bitsequence c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1) are stored into the encoded bitsequence d₀, d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1).

In step 3, the parity check matrix of the parity check matrix set P2 isdetermined according to the row index sequence, the column indexsequence and the parity check matrix set P1; and LDPC encoding isperformed according to the parity check matrix of the parity checkmatrix set P2 and the lifting size to obtain the encoded bit sequence.(N+2Z_(c)−K) parity bits w=[w₀, w₁, w₂, . . . , w_(N+2Z) _(c)_(−K−1)]^(T) are generated, and

${H \times \begin{bmatrix}c \\w\end{bmatrix}} = 0$

is satisfied, where c=[c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1)]^(T). 0 in thisrelationship refers to an all-zero vector, and all LDPC encodingoperations are performed in binary Galois fields (GF(2)).

The process of determining the check matrix H includes:

-   -   replacing all “−1” (or NULL) elements in the parity check matrix        with an all-zero square matrix, a size of the all-zero square        matrix being Z_(c) by Z_(c); replacing all non-“−1” elements in        the parity check matrix with a matrix I(P_(i,j)) which has been        cyclically shifted an identity matrix, a size of the identity        matrix being Z_(c) by Z_(c), where i and j are a row index and a        column index corresponding to a position of the non-“−1”        element, respectively.) I(P_(i,j)) represents a matrix obtained        by cyclically right shifting an identity matrix with a size        Z_(c) by Z_(c) by P_(i,j) bits. P_(i,j)=mod(V_(i,j),Z_(c)),        where V_(i,j) is an element in the i-th row and j-th column of        the parity check matrix.

In step 4, the generated (N+2Z_(c)−K) parity bits w=[w₀, w₁, w₂, . . . ,w_(N+2Z) _(c) _(−K−1)]^(T) are stored into the encoded bit sequence d₀,d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1).

In this embodiment, there are a parity check matrix set P2 and a paritycheck matrix set P1, and the parity check matrix for LDPC encoding comesfrom the parity check matrix set P2 or the parity check matrix set P1.The parity check matrix set P1 includes a1 parity check matrixes, wherea1=8; all the a1 parity check matrixes in the parity check matrix set P1have the same base graph. A number of rows of the base graph of theparity check matrix set P1 is mb1 and a number of columns of the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P1 is nb1, where mb1 and nb1 are 46and 68, respectively.

The parity check matrix set P2 includes a2 parity check matrixes, wherea2=8; all the a2 parity check matrixes in the parity check matrix set P2have the same base graph. A number of rows of the base graph of theparity check matrix set P2 is mb2 and a number of columns of the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P2 is nb2, where mb2 and nb2 areintegers both greater than 0.

There are a row index sequence and a column index sequence; where alength of the row index sequence is mb2, and a length of the columnindex sequence is equal to nb2. In an example, mb2 is a positive integerless than mb1, and nb2 is a positive integer less than nb1.

The parity check matrix of the parity check matrix set P2 is determinedaccording to the row index sequence α, the column index sequence β andthe parity check matrix set P1. That is, the parity check matrix forLDPC encoding is determined. The parity check matrix of the parity checkmatrix set P2 is a sub-matrix consisting of corresponding rows selectedsuccessively according to elements in the row index sequence andcorresponding columns selected successively according to elements in thecolumn index sequence in the parity check matrix of the parity checkmatrix set P1.

Hb′=Hb1(α,:),

Hb2=Hb′(:,β),

or, Hb′=Hb1(:,β),

Hb2=Hb′(α,:);

or, Hb2=Hb1(α,β).

Hb1 is the i_(LS)-th parity check matrix of the parity check matrix setP1, and Hb2 is the i_(LS)-th parity check matrix of the parity checkmatrix set P2. In the above encoding process, if the i_(LS)-th paritycheck matrix in the parity check matrix set P2 is adopted for encoding,and V_(i,j) is an element in the i-th row and j-th column of thei_(LS)-th parity check matrix.

The row index sequence α is a row index sequence in Example 1 to Example6, and the column index sequence β is a column index sequence in Example1 to Example 6; positions and element values of elements equal to 1 inthe base graph of P1 are shown in Table 2, and may also be differentfrom those defined in Table 2. In the case of different index sequencesα or positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in the basegraph of P1 may also be different.

Example 18

In this example, the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 isfirstly determined, and then, the target parity check matrix of theparity check matrix set P2 is determined according to the base graph.The process is as follows.

In step 1, an index i of the lifting size sub-set is determined.

In step 2, the (2·Z_(c))th to (K−1)th bits of the input information bitsequence c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1) are stored into an encoded bitsequence d₀, d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1).

In step 3, the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 isdetermined; the parity check matrix is determined according to the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P2; and LDPC encoding is performedaccording to the parity check matrix and the lifting size to obtain theencoded bit sequence. (N+2Z_(c)−K) parity bits are generated, which arew=[w₀, w₁, w₂, . . . , w_(N+2Z) _(c) _(−K−1)]^(T), and

${H \times \begin{bmatrix}c \\w\end{bmatrix}} = 0$

is satisfied, where [c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1)]^(T). 0 in thisrelationship refers to an all-zero vector, and all LDPC encodingoperations are performed in binary Galois fields (GF(2)). The process ofdetermining the matrix H is described as follows.

For the parity check matrix set P1, base graph H_(BG1) thereof includesmb1 rows corresponding to row indexes i=0, 1, 2, . . . , (mb1−1), andnb1 columns corresponding to column indexes j=0, 1, 2, . . . , (nb1−1).For the parity check matrix set P2, base graph H_(BG2) thereof includesmb2 rows corresponding to row indexes i=0, 1, 2, . . . , (mb2−1), andnb2 columns corresponding to column indexes j=0, 1, 2, . . . , (nb2−1).The base graph includes at least two elements, i.e., “0” and “1”.

The base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 is determined by therow index sequence α, the column index sequence β and the base graph ofthe parity check matrix set P1, as shown in the following formula:

H′ _(BG) =H _(BG1)(α,:)

H _(BG2) =H′ _(BG)(:,β);

or, H′ _(BG) =H _(BG1)(:,β),

H _(BG2) =H″ _(BG)(α,:);

or, H _(BG2) =H _(BG1)(α,β).

H_(BG1) is a base graph of the parity check matrix set P1; H_(BG2) is abase graph of the parity check matrix set P2; H_(BG1) (α, :) representsa new matrix constituted by the rows with the row index a taken out fromthe matrix H_(BG1); similarly, H′_(BG)(:, β) represents a new matrixconstituted by all the columns with the column index β taken out fromthe matrix H′_(BG). That is, the base graph of the parity check matrixset P2 is a sub-matrix consisting of corresponding rows selectedsuccessively according to elements in the row index sequence andcorresponding columns selected successively according to elements in thecolumn index sequence in the base graph of the parity check matrix setP1.

The parity check matrix Hb of the parity check matrix set P2 isdetermined according to the base graph of the parity check matrix setP2, as shown in the following 3 processes:

-   -   1) replacing all “0” elements in the base graph H_(BG) with “−1”        or “NULL”;    -   2) replacing all “1” elements in the base graph H_(BG) with        V_(i,j), where i and j are the row index and column index of the        base graph H_(BG), respectively; for the parity check matrix set        P2, V_(i,j) is determined by the parity check matrix index        i_(LS) for the parity check matrix set P1, V_(i,j), for example,        is determined by the parity check matrix index i_(LS) shown in        Table 10 in Example 20;    -   3) obtaining the i_(LS)-th parity check matrix Hb upon replacing        all the elements in the base graph H_(BG).

The obtainment of the matrix H includes the following 3 processes:

-   -   1) replacing all “−1” or “NULL” elements in the parity check        matrix Hb with an all-zero square matrix, a size of the all-zero        square matrix being Z_(c) by Z_(c);    -   2) replacing all non-“−1” elements in the parity check matrix Hb        with a matrix) which has been cyclically shifted an identity        matrix, a size of the identity matrix being Z_(c) by Z_(c),        where i and j are a row index and a column index of the parity        check matrix Hb, respectively; I(P_(i,j)) represents a matrix        obtained by cyclically right shifting an identity matrix with a        size Z_(c) by Z_(c) by P_(i,j) bits; P_(i,j)=mod(V_(i,j),Z_(c)),        where V_(i,j) is an element in the i-th row and j-th column of        the parity check matrix Hb;    -   3) obtaining the parity check matrix H upon replacing all the        elements in the parity check matrix Hb. Then, LDPC encoding may        be performed.

Example 19

In this example, a parity check matrix is determined from the paritycheck matrix set P1 or the parity check matrix set P2, and then LDPCencoding is performed. The process is as follows:

In step 1, an index i_(LS) of the lifting size sub-set is determined.

In step 2: the (2·Z_(c))th to (K−1)th bits of an input information bitsequence c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1) are stored into an encoded bitsequence d₀, d₁, d₂, . . . , d_(N−1).

In step 3, a parity check matrix from the parity check matrix set P1 orthe parity check matrix set P2 is determined; LDPC encoding is performedaccording to the parity check matrix and the lifting size to obtain anencoded bit sequence. (N+2Z_(c)−K) parity bits are generated, which arew=[w₀, w₁, w₂, . . . , w_(N+2Z) _(c) _(−K−1)]^(T) and

${H \times \lfloor \begin{matrix}c \\w\end{matrix} \rfloor} = 0$

is satisfied, where c=[c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(K−1)]^(T). 0 in thisrelationship refers to an all-zero vector, and all LDPC encodingoperations are performed in binary Galois fields (GF(2)). The process ofdetermining the matrix H is described as follows.

For the parity check matrix set P1, base graph H_(BG) thereof includesmb1 rows corresponding to row indexes i=0, 1, 2, . . . , (mb1−1), andnb1 columns corresponding to column indexes j=0, 1, 2, . . . , (nb1−1)For the parity check matrix set P2, base graph H_(BG) thereof includesmb2 rows corresponding to row indexes i=0, 1, 2, . . . , (mb2−1), andnb2 columns corresponding to column indexes j=0, 1, 2, . . . , (nb2−1).The base graph H_(BG) includes at least two elements, “0” and “1”.

The check matrix H may be obtained by replacing all the elements in thebase graph H_(BG) with either the all-zero matrix or the cyclicallyshifted identity matrix, where the dimensions of the all-zero squarematrix or the identity matrix are both Z_(c) by Z_(c).

The process of obtaining the check matrix H includes:

-   -   1) All “0” elements in the target base graph H_(BG) are replaced        with an all-zero square matrix, where a size of the all-zero        square matrix is Z_(c) by Z_(c).    -   2) All “1” elements in the target base graph H_(BG) are replaced        with the matrix) which has been cyclically shifted an identity        matrix, where a size of the identity matrix is Z_(c) by Z_(c),        where i and j are a row index and a column index of the base        graph H_(BG), respectively. I(P_(i,j)) represents a matrix        obtained by cyclically right shifting an identity matrix with a        size Z_(c) by Z_(c) by bits, and P_(i,j)=mod (V_(i,j), Z_(c)),        where V_(i,j) is an element in the i-th row and j-th column of        the i_(LS)-th parity check matrix in the parity check matrix set        P1 or an element in the i-th row and j-th column of the        i_(LS)-th parity check matrix in the parity check matrix set P2.

The base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 is a sub-matrix (or anextracted matrix) of the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1,that is, the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 is asub-matrix (or an extracted matrix) extracted in the base graph of theparity check matrix set P1 according to the row index sequence α andcolumn index sequence b. A length of a is less than a number of rows ofthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P1, and a length of b isless than a number of columns of the base graph of the parity checkmatrix set P1.

The dimensions of the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 are46 rows and 68 columns. The 8 first parity check matrixes in the paritycheck matrix set P1 are shown as in Table 10 in Example 20, and theindexes i_(LS) of the first parity check matrixes are 0 to 7. The paritycheck matrix set P2 includes 8 second parity check matrixes, and theindexes i_(LS) of the second parity check matrixes are 0 to 7.

In an example, a and b are one of the row index sequences α and one ofthe row index sequences β in Example 1 to Example 6, respectively.

In an example, a is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,33}, b is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23,24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51,52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67}, and thedimensions of the base graph of the parity check matrix set P1 are 34rows and 50 columns.

Example 20

In this example, the parity check matrix set P1 includes 8 parity checkmatrixes corresponding to indexes i_(LS) equal to 0 to 7.

Table 10 shows positions and element values of elements equal to 1 inthe base graph of the parity check matrix set P1, where a position of anelement equal to 1 is represented by row index (i) and column index (j),and a position of an element equal to 1 corresponds to a position of anelement indicating a cyclical shift of an identity matrix, and definesan element value (V_(i,j)) at the position in the corresponding paritycheck matrix, i.e., a number of bits of the cyclical shift. In the basegraph H_(BG1) of the parity check matrix set P1, element valuescorresponding to positions of other row indexes or column indexes (i.e.,positions not defined in Table 10) are “0”, that is, corresponds topositions indicating the all-zero square matrix. In Table 10, eachlifting size sub-set index i_(LS) corresponds to a first parity checkmatrix.

TABLE 10 positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P1 (i represents a row index, and jrepresents a column index) V_(i, j) HB_(G1) Lifting size sub-set indexi_(LS) i j 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 0 250 307 73 223 211 294 0 135 1 69 19 1516 198 118 0 227 2 226 50 103 94 188 167 0 126 3 159 369 49 91 186 330 0134 5 100 181 240 74 219 207 0 84 6 10 216 39 10 4 165 0 83 9 59 317 150 29 243 0 53 10 229 288 162 205 144 250 0 225 11 110 109 215 216 116 10 205 12 191 17 164 21 216 339 0 128 13 9 357 133 215 115 201 0 75 15195 215 298 14 233 53 0 135 16 23 106 110 70 144 347 0 217 18 190 242113 141 95 304 0 220 19 35 180 16 198 216 167 0 90 20 239 330 189 104 7347 0 105 21 31 346 32 81 261 188 0 137 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 1 0 2 76 303 141 179 77 22 96 2 239 76 294 45 162 225 11 236 3 11773 27 151 223 96 124 136 4 124 288 261 46 256 338 0 221 5 71 144 161 119160 268 10 128 7 222 331 133 157 76 112 0 92 8 104 331 4 133 202 302 0172 9 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Example 21

In this example, the parity check matrix set P2 includes at least oneparity check matrix of the parity check matrixes shown in Table 11; orthe parity check matrix set P2 includes at least a sub-matrix of oneparity check matrix of the parity check matrixes shown in Table 11, suchas, a sub-matrix consisting of the first mb rows and the first (mb+16)columns of the one parity check matrix shown in Table 11, where mb is aninteger greater than 3. mb is equal to 4, 6, 8, 10, or 18. LDPC encodingis performed according to the parity check matrix set P2.

Table 11 shows positions and element values of the elements equal to 1in the base graph of the parity check matrix set P2 in another example,where a position of an element equal to 1 is represented by row index(i) and column index (j), and a position of an element equal to 1corresponds to a position of an element indicating a cyclical shift ofan identity matrix, and defines an element value (y,) at the position inthe corresponding parity check matrix, i.e., a number of bits of thecyclical shift. Element values corresponding to positions of the rowindexes or column indexes that are not defined in Table 11 are “0”, thatis, correspond to positions indicating the all-zero square matrix. InTable 11, each i_(LS) corresponds to a parity check matrix, and i_(LS)is equal to 0, 1, 2, . . . , 7.

The base graph (a base graph in standard version Release 15 or 16 of the5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology (5G)) shown in Table 11is a sub-matrix (or an extracted matrix) of the base graph shown inTable 10 in Example 20, where the corresponding row index sequence is{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 43, 18, 19, 20, 30, 24, 29, 7, 22,31, 32, 33, 34, 28, 23, 38, 39, 40, 42, 5, 44, 45, 25}, and the columnindex sequence is {0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 65, 40, 41, 42, 52, 46,51, 29, 44, 53, 54, 55, 56, 50, 45, 60, 61, 62, 64, 27, 66, 67, 47}. Themaximum lifting size is 1024. The simulation performance of the LDPCencoding performed according to the target parity check matrixdetermined from Table 11 is shown in FIG. 3 . The correspondinginformation length is 16384, and the code rate includes {8/9, 5/6, 3/4,2/3, 1/2, 2/5, 1/3}. It can be seen that under different code rates,determining the target parity check matrix from the second parity checkmatrix set for LDPC encoding has good performance, and there is no errorfloor; and the maximum lifting size supported by the second parity checkmatrix set may reach 1024, and the LDPC decoding has high parallelismand thus the throughput is high.

TABLE 11 positions and element values of elements equal to 1 in the basegraph of the parity check matrix set P2 (i represents a row index, and jrepresents a column index) V_(i, j) HB_(G) Lifting size sub-set indexi_(LS) i j 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 0 1018 691 393 223 211 646 624 855 1 325 1915 464 198 118 208 947 2 927 369 369 763 186 682 624 614 4 778 600 359234 292 517 208 83 7 997 288 162 429 144 602 416 945 8 622 493 215 440404 353 624 925 9 191 17 164 21 504 339 0 608 10 777 357 133 887 115 5530 75 12 23 490 430 742 432 699 624 457 14 446 626 433 141 383 304 0 46015 799 346 32 753 261 188 624 857 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 258 460 303 813 179 429 230 576 2 629 457 347 599 511 96 124 616 3124 288 261 270 256 338 624 941 5 222 715 133 157 76 112 0 812 6 872 715324 581 202 654 416 892 8 988 679 449 654 397 167 640 251 9 614 342 300765 303 253 268 669 11 621 217 76 303 72 686 416 95 12 398 738 392 790446 609 238 153 13 667 114 83 642 435 485 208 327 15 284 112 301 635 119302 31 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Example 22

In this example, similar to the parity check matrix set P1 and theparity check matrix set P2, the parity check matrix set P2′ may also betaken as the target parity check matrix set. The parity check matrix setP2′ includes 8 parity check matrixes, a maximum information lengthsupported by the parity check matrix set P2′ is 3840, and the dimensionsof the base graph are 42 rows and 52 columns. Before LDPC encoding isperformed, the target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding isdetermined (or an index of the target parity check matrix set isdetermined) from at least the three types of parity check matrix sets{the parity check matrix set P1, the parity check matrix set P2, theparity check matrix set P2′} according to at least one of the followingsetting information: a transport block size (TBS), a code rate, ahigh-layer signaling, a modulation order, modulation and coding schemeindex, and an MCS table.

In an example, a process of determining a target parity check matrix setaccording to a transport block size and a code rate is as follows.

Condition 1: TBS is less than or equal to 292, or TBS is less than orequal to 3824; and the code rate is less than or equal to 0.67, or thecode rate is less than or equal to 0.25.

Condition 2: TBS is greater than or equal to T0, and T0 is a positiveinteger greater than Kmax1.

Condition 3: the code rate is greater than or equal to R0, and R0 is areal number greater than 0 and less than 1.

For example, if the condition 1 is met, the parity check matrix set P2′is taken as the target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding; if thecondition 2 and is met, the parity check matrix set P2 is taken as thetarget parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding; in other cases, theparity check matrix set P1 is taken as the target parity check matrixset for LDPC encoding.

For another example, if the condition 1 is met, the parity check matrixset P2′ is taken as the target parity check matrix set for LDPCencoding; if the condition 3 is met, the parity check matrix set P2 istaken as the target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding; in othercases, the parity check matrix set P1 is taken as the target paritycheck matrix set for LDPC encoding.

For another example, if the condition 1 is met, the parity check matrixset P2′ is taken as the target parity check matrix set for LDPCencoding; if the condition 2 and the condition 3 are met, the paritycheck matrix set P2 is taken as the target parity check matrix set forLDPC encoding; in other cases, the parity check matrix set P1 is takenas the target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding.

In an example, T0 is equal to X times of Kmax2, where X is an integergreater than or equal to 1. R0 is equal to 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8or 8/9, and the value of R0 may be obtained by rounding to 2 decimalplaces or 3 decimal places. X is equal to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 10.Kmax1 is a maximum information length of the parity check matrix set P1,and Kmax2 is a maximum information length of the parity check matrix setP2.

In an example, an example of determining a target parity check matrixset (or determining an index of the target parity check matrix set)according to a high-layer signaling, a transport block size and a coderate is as follows: if the high-layer signaling is used for enabling,the parity check matrix set P2 is taken as the target parity checkmatrix set for LDPC encoding; if the above condition 1 is met, theparity check matrix set P2′ is taken as the target parity check matrixset for LDPC encoding, otherwise the parity check matrix set P1 is takenas the target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding.

In an example, an example of determining a parity check matrix set (ordetermining an index of the target parity check matrix set) according toa modulation order, a transport block size, and a code rate is asfollows: if the modulation order is greater than or equal to parameterY, the parity check matrix set P2 is taken as the target parity checkmatrix set for LDPC encoding; if the above condition 1 is met, theparity check matrix set P2′ is taken as the target parity check matrixset for LDPC encoding, otherwise the parity check matrix set P1 is takenas the target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding, where theparameter Y is equal to one of 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14.

In an example, an example of determining a parity check matrix set (ordetermining an index of the target parity check matrix set) according toa modulation and coding scheme index, a transport block size, and a coderate is as follows: if the modulation and coding scheme index is greaterthan or equal to parameter I, the parity check matrix set P2 is taken asthe target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding; if the abovecondition 1 is met, the parity check matrix set P2′ is taken as thetarget parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding, otherwise the paritycheck matrix set P1 is taken as the target parity check matrix set forLDPC encoding, where the parameter I is equal to 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23,24, 25, 26, 27, 28 or 29; or the parameter I is equal to one of MCSindexes in the used MCS table under the maximum modulation order.

In an example, an example of determining a parity check matrix set (ordetermining an index of the target parity check matrix set) according toan MCS table is as follows: if the MCS table is a preset high data rateMCS table, the parity check matrix set P2 is taken as the target paritycheck matrix set for LDPC encoding; if the above condition 1 is met, theparity check matrix set P2′ is taken as the target parity check matrixset for LDPC encoding, otherwise the parity check matrix set P1 is takenas the target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding.

In an example, an example of determining a parity check matrix set (ordetermining an index of the target parity check matrix set) according toan MCS table and a modulation and coding scheme index is as follows: ifthe MCS table is a preset high data rate MCS table and the modulationand coding scheme index is greater than or equal to parameter I, theparity check matrix set P2 is taken as the target parity check matrixset for LDPC encoding; if the above condition 1 is met, the parity checkmatrix set P2′ is taken as the target parity check matrix set for LDPCencoding, otherwise the parity check matrix set P1 is taken as thetarget parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding; where the parameter Iis equal to 10, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 or 29; or theparameter I is equal to one of the modulation scheme indexes in the usedMCS table under the maximum modulation order.

In an example, an example of determining a parity check matrix set (ordetermining an index of the target parity check matrix set) according toan MCS table and a modulation order is as follows: if the MCS table is apreset high data rate MCS table and the modulation order is greater thanor equal to parameter Y, the parity check matrix set P2 is taken as thetarget parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding; if the above condition1 is met, the parity check matrix set P2′ is taken as the target paritycheck matrix set for LDPC encoding, otherwise the parity check matrixset P1 is taken as the target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding,where the parameter Y is equal to one of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14.

In an example, an example of determining a parity check matrix set (ordetermining an index of the target parity check matrix set) according toa TBS is as follows. It is determined according to at least one of thefollowing conditions: condition 1: TBS is less than or equal to Ti;condition 2: TBS is greater than T1 and less than or equal to T2;condition 3: TBS is greater than T2; where T1 is an integer greater than0, and T2 is an integer greater than Ti.

For example, if the condition 1 is met, the parity check matrix set P2′is taken as the target parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding; if thecondition 2 is met, the parity check matrix set P1 is taken as thetarget parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding; in other cases (if thecondition 3 is met), the parity check matrix set P2 is taken as thetarget parity check matrix set for LDPC encoding; where T1=3824,T2=8424; or, T1=1024, T2=8424; or, T1=512, T2=4096.

The MCS table includes at least the following fields: a modulation andcoding scheme index, a modulation order and a target code rate. Themodulation and coding scheme index is an integer greater than or equalto 0 and less than 2 n, where n is equal to 4, 5 or 6. The modulationorder is an integer greater than 0. The target code rate is a realnumber greater than 0 and less than 1, and the target code rate may berepresented in a representation format of x/1024.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a low density parity checkdecoding method is further provided. The method adopts the target paritycheck matrix for decoding, and thus not only the throughput of datatransmission and the decoding parallelism of LDPC codes are improved,but also flexible code length and code rate are supported, therebyimproving the flexibility of encoding. For technical details notdescribed in detail in this embodiment, reference may be made to any ofthe above embodiments.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a low density parity check decoding methodprovided in an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4 , the method provided inthis embodiment includes step 310 and step 320.

In step 310, a target parity check matrix is determined. The targetparity check matrix belongs to a second parity check matrix set, and abase graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted from abase graph of a first parity check matrix set.

In step 320, low density parity check decoding is performed on receiveddata according to the target parity check matrix and a target liftingsize.

In an embodiment, the determining the target parity check matrixincludes:

-   -   determining the target parity check matrix of the second parity        check matrix according to the first parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the determining the target parity check matrixincludes:

-   -   determining a base graph of the second parity check matrix set        according to a base graph of the first parity check matrix set;        and determining the target parity check matrix of the second        parity check matrix set according to the base graph of the        second parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, a base graph of the second parity check matrix set isextracted from a base graph of the first parity check matrix setaccording to at least one of a row index sequence and a column indexsequence.

In an embodiment, the row index sequence meets one of the following:

-   -   elements in the row index sequence are contiguous ascending        integers; elements in the row index sequence include        non-contiguous ascending integers; elements in the row index        sequence are non-ascending integers except that first M elements        in the row index sequence are contiguous ascending integers,        where M is an integer greater than 1; the row index sequence        includes at least {0, 1, 2, 3}.

In an embodiment, the column index sequence meets one of the following:

-   -   first kb2 elements of the column index sequence are contiguous        ascending integers, where kb2 is an integer greater than 1;        first kb2 elements of the column index sequence include        non-contiguous ascending integers, where kb2 is an integer        greater than 1; the column index sequence includes at least {0,        1}; the column index sequence includes at least {22, 23, 24,        25}.

In an embodiment, kb2 is equal to a number of systematic columns of abase graph of the second parity check matrix set, or equal to adifference between a number of columns and a number of rows of a basegraph of the second parity check matrix set, or less than or equal to anumber of systematic columns of a parity check matrix in the firstparity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the first parity check matrix set includes a1 firstparity check matrixes, and base graphs of the a1 first parity checkmatrixes are the same. The second parity check matrix set includes a2second parity check matrixes, and base graphs of the a2 second paritycheck matrixes are the same. A maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the secondparity check matrix set is D times of a maximum lifting size Zisupported by an i-th first parity check matrix in the first parity checkmatrix set, where D is a positive integer power of 2, and i is anon-negative integer less than a1.

In an embodiment, a maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the second paritycheck matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size Zmax1 of thefirst parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the second paritycheck matrix set is a by 2^(b), where a is an odd number greater than 15and b is a positive integer.

In an embodiment, the target lifting size belongs to one of G liftingsize sub-sets, where G is an integer greater than 1, and there is nointersection between any two of the G lifting size sub-sets.

In an embodiment, lifting sizes supported by the first parity checkmatrix set constitute a first lifting size set Zset1, and lifting sizessupported by the second parity check matrix set constitute a secondlifting size set Zset2; and the first lifting size set Zset1 and thesecond lifting size set Zset2 meet one of the follows:

there is no intersection between the first lifting size set Zset1 andthe second lifting size set Zset2; the first lifting size set Zset1 is asub-set of the second lifting size set Zset2; a number of elements in anintersection Zset of the first lifting size set Zset1 and the secondlifting size set Zset2 is less than a number of elements in the firstlifting size set Zset1 and less than a number of elements in the secondlifting size set Zset2.

In an embodiment, a minimum lifting size supported by the second paritycheck matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size supported by thefirst parity check matrix set.

The lifting size supported by the second parity check matrix setincludes at least one of 416, 448, 480, 512, 576, 640, 704, 768, 832,896, 960, 1024, 1152, 1280, 1408, 1536, 1664, 1792, 1920, 2048.

In an embodiment, a maximum information length Kmax1 supported by thefirst parity check matrix set is smaller than a maximum informationlength Kmax2 supported by the second parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix, and the parity check matrix includes k0up-and-down adjacent pairs. The k0 up-and-down adjacent pairs includesk1 first type of up-and-down adjacent pairs and k2 second type ofup-and-down adjacent pairs, where k1 is greater than 3 by k2, and k1 andk2 are integers both greater than 0. The up-and-down adjacent pairrefers to any two adjacent elements located in the same column andindicating a cyclical shift of an identity matrix in the parity checkmatrix. A difference between the two elements of the first type ofup-and-down adjacent pair mod 2 is equal to 0. A difference between thetwo elements of the second type of up-and-down adjacent pairs mod 2 isgreater than 0.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix, and the parity check matrix includes k3 firsttype of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes and k4second type of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes,where k3 is greater than 3 by k4, and k3 and k4 are integers bothgreater than 0. The first type of element mod 2 is equal to 0; and thesecond type of element mod 2 is greater than 0.

In an embodiment, the method further includes:

-   -   step 300, determining a parity check matrix set as the target        parity check matrix set from at least two parity check matrix        sets according to setting information. The setting information        includes at least one of a transport block size, a code rate, a        high-layer signaling, a modulation order, an MCS index, an MCS        table index.

In an embodiment, the determining the parity check matrix set as thetarget parity check matrix set from the at least two parity check matrixsets according to the setting information includes:

-   -   taking the second parity check matrix set as the target parity        check matrix set when at least one of the following conditions        is met:    -   a transport block size is greater than or equal to T0, where T0        is an integer greater than or equal to a maximum information        length Kmax1 supported by the first parity check matrix set; a        code rate is greater than or equal to R0, where R0 is a real        number greater than 0 and less than 1.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a low density parity checkdecoding method is further provided. The method adopts the target basegraph for encoding, and thus not only the throughput of datatransmission and the decoding parallelism of LDPC codes are improved,but also flexible code length and code rate are supported, therebyimproving the flexibility of encoding. For technical details notdescribed in detail in this embodiment, reference may be made to any ofthe above embodiments.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a low density parity check decoding methodprovided in another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5 , the method providedin this embodiment includes step 410 and step 420.

In step 410, a target base graph is determined. The target base graph isa base graph of a second parity check matrix set, and the base graph ofthe second parity check matrix set is extracted from a base graph of afirst parity check matrix set.

In step 420, low density parity check decoding is performed on receiveddata according to the target base graph and a target lifting size.

In an embodiment, the determining the target parity check matrixincludes:

-   -   determining the target parity check matrix of the second parity        check matrix according to the first parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the determining the target parity check matrixincludes:

-   -   determining the base graph of the second parity check matrix set        according to the base graph of the first parity check matrix        set; and determining the target parity check matrix of the        second parity check matrix set according to the base graph of        the second parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the base graph of the second parity check matrix setis extracted from the base graph of the first parity check matrix setaccording to at least one of a row index sequence and a column indexsequence.

In an embodiment, the row index sequence meets one of:

-   -   elements in the row index sequence are contiguous ascending        integers; elements in the row index sequence include        non-contiguous ascending integers; elements in the row index        sequence are non-ascending integers except that first M elements        in the row index sequence are contiguous ascending integers,        where M is an integer greater than 1; and the row index sequence        includes at least {0, 1, 2, 3}.

In an embodiment, the column index sequence meets one of:

-   -   first kb2 elements of the column index sequence are contiguous        ascending integers, where kb2 is an integer greater than 1;        first kb2 elements of the column index sequence include        non-contiguous ascending integers, where kb2 is an integer        greater than 1; the column index sequence includes at least {0,        1}; the column index sequence includes at least {22, 23, 24,        25}.

In an embodiment, kb2 is equal to a number of systematic columns of thebase graph of the second parity check matrix set, or equal to adifference between a number of columns and a number of rows of the basegraph of the second parity check matrix set, or less than or equal to anumber of systematic columns of the parity check matrix in the firstparity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the first parity check matrix set includes a1 firstparity check matrixes, and the base graphs of the a1 first parity checkmatrixes are the same; the second parity check matrix set includes a2second parity check matrixes, and the base graphs of the a2 secondparity check matrixes are the same. A maximum lifting size Zmax2 of thesecond parity check matrix set is D times of a maximum lifting size Zisupported by the i-th first parity check matrix in the first paritycheck matrix set, where D is a positive integer power of 2, and i is anon-negative integer less than a1.

In an embodiment, a maximum lifting size Zmax2 supported by the secondparity check matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size Zmax1supported by the first parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, a maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the second paritycheck matrix set is a by 2^(b), where a is an odd number greater than 15and b is a positive integer.

In an embodiment, the target lifting size belongs to one of G liftingsize sub-sets, where G is an integer greater than 1, and there is nointersection between any two of the G lifting size sub-sets.

In an embodiment, lifting sizes supported by the first parity checkmatrix set constitute a first lifting size set Zset1, and lifting sizessupported by the second parity check matrix set constitute a secondlifting size set Zset2. The first lifting size set Zset1 and the secondlifting size set Zset2 meet one of the follows:

there is no intersection between the first lifting size set Zset1 andthe second lifting size set Zset2; the first lifting size set Zset1 is asub-set of the second lifting size set Zset2; a number of elements in anintersection Zset of the first lifting size set Zset1 and the secondlifting size set Zset2 is less than a number of elements in the firstlifting size set Zset1 and less than a number of elements in the secondlifting size set Zset2.

In an embodiment, a minimum lifting size supported by the second paritycheck matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size supported by thefirst parity check matrix set. Lifting sizes supported by the secondparity check matrix set include at least one of 416, 448, 480, 512, 576,640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1152, 1280, 1408, 1536, 1664, 1792,1920, 2048.

In an embodiment, a maximum information length Kmax1 supported by thefirst parity check matrix set is smaller than a maximum informationlength Kmax2 supported by the second parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix, and the parity check matrix includes k0up-and-down adjacent pairs. The k0 up-and-down adjacent pairs include k1first type of up-and-down adjacent pairs and k2 second type ofup-and-down adjacent pairs, where k1 is greater than 3 by k2, and k1 andk2 are integers both greater than 0. The up-and-down adjacent pairrefers to any two adjacent elements located in the same column andindicating a cyclical shift of an identity matrix in the parity checkmatrix. A difference between the two elements of the first type ofup-and-down adjacent pair mod 2 is equal to 0, and a difference betweenthe two elements of the first type of up-and-down adjacent pair mod 2 isgreater than 0.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix, and the parity check matrix includes k3 firsttype of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes and k4second type of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes,where k3 is greater than 3 by k4, and k3 and k4 are integers bothgreater than 0. The first type of element mod 2 is equal to 0, and thesecond type of element mod 2 is greater than 0.

In an embodiment, the method further includes:

-   -   step 400, determining a parity check matrix set as the target        parity check matrix from at least two parity check matrix sets        according to setting information. The setting information        includes at least one of a transport block size, a code rate, a        high-layer signaling, a modulation order, a modulation and        coding scheme index, a modulation and coding scheme MCS table        index.

In an embodiment, the determining the parity check matrix set as thetarget parity check matrix set from the at least two parity check matrixsets according to the setting information includes:

-   -   taking the second parity check matrix set as the target parity        check matrix set when at least one of the following conditions        is met:    -   a transport block size is greater than or equal to T0, where T0        is an integer greater than or equal to a maximum information        length Kmax1 supported by the first parity check matrix set P1;        a code rate is greater than or equal to R0, where R0 is a real        number greater than 0 and less than 1.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a low densityparity check encoding apparatus. FIG. 6 is a schematic structuraldiagram of a low density parity check encoding apparatus provided in anembodiment. As shown in FIG. 6 , the low density parity check encodingapparatus includes a first matrix determining module 510 and a firstencoding module 520.

The first matrix determining module 510 is configured to determine atarget parity check matrix. The target parity check matrix belongs to asecond parity check matrix set, and a base graph of the second paritycheck matrix set is extracted from a base graph of a first parity checkmatrix set. The first encoding module 520 is configured to perform lowdensity parity check encoding on data to be transmitted according to thetarget parity check matrix and a target lifting size.

The low density parity check encoding apparatus of this embodimentadopts the target parity check matrix for encoding, and thus not onlythe throughput of data transmission and the decoding parallelism of LDPCcodes are improved, but also flexible code length and code rate aresupported, thereby improving the flexibility of encoding.

In an embodiment, the first matrix determining module 510 is configuredto:

-   -   determine the target parity check matrix of the second parity        check matrix according to the first parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the first matrix determining module 510 is configuredto:

-   -   determine the base graph of the second parity check matrix set        according to the matrix of the first parity check matrix set;        and determine the target parity check matrix of the second        parity check matrix set according to the base graph of the        second parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the base graph of the second parity check matrix setis extracted from the base graph of the first parity check matrix setaccording to at least one of a row index sequence and a column indexsequence.

In an embodiment, the row index sequence meets one of:

-   -   elements in the row index sequence are contiguous ascending        integers; elements in the row index sequence include        non-contiguous ascending integers; elements in the row index        sequence are non-ascending integers except that first M elements        in the row index sequence are contiguous ascending integers,        where M is greater than 1; the row index sequence includes at        least {0, 1, 2, 3}.

In an embodiment, the column index sequence meets one of:

-   -   first kb2 elements of the column index sequence are contiguous        ascending integers, where kb2 is greater than 1; first kb2        elements of the column index sequence include non-contiguous        ascending integers, where kb2 is greater than 1; the column        index sequence includes at least {0, 1}; the column index        sequence includes at least {22, 23, 24, 25}.

In an embodiment, kb2 is equal to a number of systematic columns of thebase graph of the second parity check matrix set, or equal to adifference between a number of columns and a number of rows of the basegraph of the second parity check matrix set, or less than or equal to anumber of systematic columns of the parity check matrix in the firstparity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the first parity check matrix set includes a1 firstparity check matrixes, and the base graphs of the a1 first parity checkmatrixes are the same; the second parity check matrix set includes a2second parity check matrixes, and the base graphs of the a2 secondparity check matrixes are the same. A maximum lifting size Zmax2 of thesecond parity check matrix set is D times of a maximum lifting size Zisupported by the i-th first parity check matrix in the first paritycheck matrix set, where D is a positive integer power of 2, and i is anon-negative integer less than a1.

In an embodiment, a maximum lifting size Zmax2 supported by the secondparity check matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size Zmax1supported by the first parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the second paritycheck matrix set is a by 2b, where a is an odd number greater than 15and b is a positive integer.

In an embodiment, the target lifting size belongs to one of G liftingsize sub-sets, where G is greater than 1, and there is no intersectionbetween any two of the G lifting size sub-sets.

In an embodiment, lifting sizes supported by the first parity checkmatrix set constitute a first lifting size set Zset1, and lifting sizessupported by the second parity check matrix set constitute a secondlifting size set Zset2. The first lifting size set Zset1 and the secondlifting size set Zset2 meet one of:

-   -   there is no intersection between the first lifting size set        Zset1 and the second lifting size set Zset2; the first lifting        size set Zset1 is a sub-set of the second lifting size set        Zset2; a number of elements in an intersection Zset of the first        lifting size set Zset1 and the second lifting size set Zset2 is        less than a number of elements in the first lifting size set        Zset1 and less than a number of elements in the second lifting        size set Zset2.

In an embodiment, a minimum lifting size supported by the second paritycheck matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size supported by thefirst parity check matrix set. Lifting sizes supported by the secondparity check matrix set include at least one of 416, 448, 480, 512, 576,640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1152, 1280, 1408, 1536, 1664, 1792,1920, 2048.

In an embodiment, a maximum information length Kmax1 supported by thefirst parity check matrix set is smaller than a maximum informationlength Kmax2 supported by the second parity check matrix set.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix, and the parity check matrix includes k0up-and-down adjacent pairs. The k0 up-and-down adjacent pairs include k1first type of up-and-down adjacent pairs and k2 second type ofup-and-down adjacent pairs, where k1 is greater than 3 by k2, and k1 andk2 are integers both greater than 0. An up-and-down adjacent pair refersto any two adjacent elements located in the same column and indicating acyclical shift of an identity matrix in the parity check matrix. Adifference between the two elements of the first type of up-and-downadjacent pair mod 2 is equal to 0. A difference between the two elementsof the second type of up-and-down adjacent pairs mod 2 is greater than0.

In an embodiment, the second parity check matrix set includes at leastone parity check matrix, and the parity check matrix includes k3 firsttype of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes and k4second type of elements indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes,where k3 is greater than 3 by k4, and k3 and k4 are integers bothgreater than 0. The first type of element mod 2 is equal to 0. Thesecond type of element mod 2 is greater than 0.

In an embodiment, the apparatus further includes:

-   -   a first set determining module configured to determine a parity        check matrix set as the target parity check matrix set from at        least two parity check matrix sets according to setting        information. The setting information includes at least one of a        transport block size, a code rate, a high-level signaling, a        modulation order, an MCS index, an MCS table index.

In an embodiment, the first set determining module is configured to:

-   -   take the second parity check matrix set as the target parity        check matrix set upon at least one of the following conditions        being met:    -   a transport block size is greater than or equal to T0, where T0        is an integer greater than or equal to a maximum information        length Kmax1 supported by the first parity check matrix set; a        code rate is greater than or equal to R0, where R0 is a real        number greater than 0 and less than 1.

The low density parity check encoding apparatus provided in thisembodiment and the low density parity check encoding method provided inthe above-mentioned embodiments belong to the same concept. For thetechnical details not described in detail in this embodiment, referencemay be made to any of the above-mentioned embodiments. This embodimenthas the same effect as that for performing the low parity check encodingmethod.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a low densityparity check encoding apparatus. FIG. 7 is a schematic structuraldiagram of a low density parity check encoding apparatus provided inanother embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7 , the low density parity checkencoding apparatus includes a second matrix determining module 610 and asecond encoding module 620.

The second matrix determining module 610 is configured to determine atarget base graph. The target base graph is a base graph of a secondparity check matrix set, and a base graph of the second parity checkmatrix set is extracted from a base graph of a first parity check matrixset. The second encoding module 620 is configured to perform low densityparity check encoding on data to be transmitted according to the targetbase graph and a target lifting size.

The low density parity check encoding apparatus in the embodiment adoptsthe target base graph for encoding, and thus not only the throughput ofdata transmission and the decoding parallelism of LDPC codes areimproved, but also flexible code length and code rate are supported,thereby improving the flexibility of encoding. For the technical detailsnot described in detail in the embodiment, reference may be made to anyof the above embodiments.

In an embodiment, the second encoding module 620 is configured todetermine a check matrix H according to the target base graph and thetarget lifting size; and perform low density parity check encoding onthe data to be transmitted according to the check matrix H.

In an embodiment, the second encoding module 620 is configured todetermine the target parity check matrix according to the target basegraph; and perform low density parity check encoding on the data to betransmitted according to the target parity check matrix and the targetlifting size.

In an embodiment, the apparatus further includes:

-   -   a second set determining module configured to determine a parity        check matrix set as the target parity check matrix set from at        least two parity check matrix sets according to setting        information. The setting information includes at least one of a        transport block size, a code rate, a high-layer signaling, a        modulation order, an MCS index, an MCS table index.

The low density parity check encoding apparatus provided in thisembodiment and the low density parity check encoding method provided inthe above-mentioned embodiments refer to the same concept. For thetechnical details not described in detail in this embodiment, referencemay be made to any of the above-mentioned embodiments. This embodimenthas the same effect as that for performing the low parity check encodingmethod.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a low densityparity check decoding apparatus. FIG. 8 is a schematic structuraldiagram of a low density parity check decoding apparatus provided in anembodiment. As shown in FIG. 8 , the low density parity check decodingapparatus includes a third matrix determining module 710 and a firstdecoding module 720.

The third matrix determining module 710 is configured to determine atarget parity check matrix. The target parity check matrix belongs to asecond parity check matrix set, and a base graph of the second paritycheck matrix set is extracted from a base graph of a first parity checkmatrix set. The first decoding module 720 is configured to perform lowdensity parity check decoding on received data according to the targetparity check matrix and a target lifting size.

The low density parity check decoding apparatus of this embodimentadopts the target parity check matrix for decoding, and thus not onlythe throughput of data transmission and the decoding parallelism of LDPCcodes are improved, but also flexible code length and code rate aresupported, thereby improving the flexibility of decoding.

In an embodiment, the apparatus further includes:

-   -   a third set determining module configured to determine a parity        check matrix set as the target parity check matrix set from at        least two parity check matrix sets according to setting        information. The setting information includes at least one of a        transport block size, a code rate, a high-layer signaling, a        modulation order, a modulation and coding scheme index, an MCS        table index.

In an embodiment, the third set determining module is configured to:

-   -   take the second parity check matrix set as the target parity        check matrix set upon at least one of the following conditions        being met:    -   a transport block size is greater than or equal to T0, where T0        is an integer greater than or equal to a maximum information        length Kmax1 supported by the first parity check matrix set; a        code rate is greater than or equal to R0, where R0 is a real        number greater than 0 and less than 1.

The low density parity check decoding apparatus provided in thisembodiment and the low density parity check decoding method provided inthe above-mentioned embodiments belong to the same concept. For thetechnical details not described in detail in this embodiment, referencemay be made to any of the above-mentioned embodiments. This embodimenthas the same effect as that for performing the low parity check decodingmethod.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a low densityparity check decoding apparatus. FIG. 9 is a schematic structuraldiagram of a low density parity check decoding apparatus provided inanother embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9 , the low density parity checkdecoding apparatus includes a fourth matrix determining module 810 and asecond decoding module 820.

The fourth matrix determining module 810 is configured to determine atarget base graph. The target base graph is a base graph of a secondparity check matrix set, and a base graph of the second parity checkmatrix set is extracted from a base graph of a first parity check matrixset. The second decoding module 820 is configured to perform low densityparity check decoding on received data according to the target basegraph and a target lifting size.

The low density parity check decoding apparatus of this embodimentadopts the target base graph for encoding, and thus not only thethroughput of data transmission and the decoding parallelism of LDPCcodes are improved, but also flexible code length and code rate aresupported, thereby improving the flexibility of encoding. For thetechnical details not described in detail in this embodiment, referencemay be made to any of the above embodiments.

In an embodiment, the apparatus further includes:

-   -   a fourth set determining module configured to determine a parity        check matrix set as the target parity check matrix set from at        least two parity check matrix sets set according to setting        information. The setting information includes at least one of a        transport block size, a code rate, a high-layer signaling, a        modulation order, an MCS index, an MCS table index.

The low density parity check decoding apparatus provided in thisembodiment and the low density parity check decoding method provided inthe above-mentioned embodiments belong to the same concept. For thetechnical details not described in detail in this embodiment, referencemay be made to any of the above-mentioned embodiments. This embodimenthas the same effect as that for performing the low parity check decodingmethod.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an encodingdevice. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of anencoding device provided in an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10 , theencoding device provided by the present disclosure includes a memory 12,a processor 11, and a computer program stored in the memory 12 andrunnable on the processor 11. The processor 11 implements theabove-mentioned low density parity check encoding method upon executingthe program.

The encoding device may include the memory 12 and there may be one ormore processors 11 in the encoding device. FIG. 10 shows one processor11 as an example. The memory 12 is used to store one or more programs.When the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors11, the one or more processors 11 implement the low density parity checkencoding method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The encoding device further includes a communication apparatus 13, aninput apparatus 14 and an output apparatus 15.

The processor 11, the memory 12, the communication apparatus 13, theinput apparatus 14 and the output apparatus 15 in the encoding devicemay be connected via a bus or in other ways. FIG. 10 shows a connectionvia a bus as an example.

The input apparatus 14 may be used to receive input numeric or characterinformation, and generate a key signal input related to a user settingand a functional control of the encoding device. The output apparatus 15may include a display device such as a display screen.

The communication apparatus 13 may include a receiver and a transmitter.The communication apparatus 13 is configured to receive and transmitinformation according to the control of the processor 11.

The memory 12, as a computer readable storage medium, may be configuredto store software programs, computer executable programs and modules,such as the program instructions/modules corresponding to the lowdensity parity check encoding method described in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure (for example, the first matrix determining module 110and the first encoding module 120 in the low density parity checkencoding device). The memory 12 may include a program store and a datastore. The program store may store an operating system, an applicationprogram required by at least one function, the data store may store adata created according to the usage of the encoding device, and thelike. In addition, the memory 12 may include a high speed random accessmemory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory, for example, atleast a disk memory means, a flash means, or other nonvolatile solidmemory means. In some examples, the memory 12 may include memory that isremotely disposed relative to the processor 11, and the remote memorymay be connected to the encoding device via a network. Examples of theabove-mentioned network include but are not limited to an Internet, anintranet, a local area network, a mobile communication network and acombination thereof.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a decodingdevice. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of adecoding device provided in an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 11 , thedecoding device provided by the present disclosure includes a memory 22,a processor 21, and a computer program stored in the memory 22 andrunnable on the processor 21. The processor 21 implements theabove-mentioned low density parity check decoding method upon executingthe program.

The decoding device may include a memory 22 and there may be one or moreprocessors 21 in the decoding device. FIG. 11 shows one processor 21 asan example. The memory 22 is used to store one or more programs. Whenthe one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors 21,the one or more processors 21 implement the low density parity checkdecoding method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

The decoding device further includes a communication apparatus 23, aninput apparatus 24 and an output apparatus 25.

The processor 21, the memory 22, the communication apparatus 23, theinput apparatus 24 and the output apparatus 25 in the decoding devicemay be connected via a bus or in other ways. FIG. 11 shows a connectionvia a bus as an example.

The input apparatus 24 may be used to receive input numeric or characterinformation, and generate key signal input related to a user setting anda functional control of the decoding device. The output apparatus 25 mayinclude a display device such as a display screen.

The communication apparatus 23 may include a receiver and a transmitter.The communication apparatus 23 is configured to receive and transmitinformation according to the control of the processor 21.

The memory 22, as a computer readable storage medium, may be configuredto store software programs, computer executable programs and modules,such as the program instructions/modules corresponding to the lowdensity parity check decoding method described in the embodiment of thepresent disclosure (for example, the third matrix determining module 710and the first decoding module 720 in the low density parity checkdecoding device). The memory 22 may include a program store and a datastore, where the program store may store an operating system, anapplication program required by at least one function; the data storemay store a data created according to the usage of the decoding device,and the like. In addition, the memory 22 may include a high speed randomaccess memory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory such as atleast one disk memory means, a flash means, or other nonvolatile solidmemory means. In some examples, the memory 22 may include memory that isremotely disposed relative to the processor 21, and the remote memorymay be connected to the decoding device via a network. Examples of theabove-mentioned network include but are not limited to an Internet, anintranet, a local area network, a mobile communication network and acombination thereof.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a storagemedium, and the storage medium has stored a computer program thereon.The computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the lowdensity parity check encoding method or the low density parity checkdecoding method provided in any one of embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

The encoding method includes:

determining a target parity check matrix, where the target parity checkmatrix belongs to a second parity check matrix set, and a base graph ofthe second parity check matrix set is extracted from a base graph of afirst parity check matrix set; and performing low density parity checkencoding on data to be transmitted according to the target parity checkmatrix and a target lifting size.

Alternatively, the encoding method includes:

-   -   determining a target base graph, where the target base graph is        a base graph of a second parity check matrix set, and a base        graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted from a        base graph of a first parity check matrix set; and performing        low density parity check encoding on data to be transmitted        according to the target base graph and a target lifting size.

Alternatively, the decoding method includes:

-   -   determining a target parity check matrix, where the target        parity check matrix belongs to a second parity check matrix set,        and a base graph of the second parity check matrix set is        extracted from a base graph of a first parity check matrix set;        and performing low density parity check decoding on received        data according to the target parity check matrix and a target        lifting size.

Alternatively, the decoding method includes:

-   -   determining a target base graph, where the target base graph is        a base graph of a second parity check matrix set, and a base        graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted from a        base graph of a first parity check matrix set; and performing        low density parity check decoding on received data according to        the target base graph and a target lifting size.

The computer storage medium in the embodiments of the present disclosuremay adopt any combination of one or more computer readable media. Thecomputer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or acomputer readable storage medium. A computer readable storage medium maybe, for example, but not limited to: an electrical, magnetic, optical,electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or means,or any combination thereof. Examples (non-exhaustive list) of thecomputer readable storage medium include: electrical connections withone or more conductors, portable computer disks, hard disks, randomaccess memories (RAMs), read only memories (ROMs), erasable programmableread only memories (EPROMs), flash memories, optical fiber, portableCD-ROM, optical storage means, magnetic storage means or any suitablecombination of the above. A computer readable storage medium may be anytangible medium that contains or stores a program that may be used by orin connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or means.

A computer readable signal medium may include a data signal propagatingin baseband or as part of a carrier wave, where the data signal carriescomputer readable program code. The data signal may be transmitted inmany forms, including, but not limited to: a radio signal, an opticalsignal, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signalmedium may also be any computer readable medium other than a computerreadable storage medium, which can send, propagate, or transmit aprogram that may be used by or in connection with an instructionexecution system, apparatus, or means.

A program code in the computer readable medium may be transmitted withany suitable medium, including but not limited to: radio, electric wire,optical cable, radio frequency (RF) or the like, or any suitablecombination thereof.

A computer program codes for performing operations of the presentdisclosure may be written in one or more programming languages orcombinations thereof. The programming languages include object-orientedprogramming languages such as Java, Smalltalk, C++, and conventionalprocedural programming languages, such as the “C” language or similarprogramming language. The program code may be executed entirely on theuser's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alonesoftware package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remotecomputer or entirely on a remote computer or server. In a case involvinga remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user'scomputer through any kind of network, including a local area network(LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or may be connected to an externalcomputer (for example, an Internet service provider is adopted toconnect via the Internet).

The above descriptions are merely exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

Those skilled in the art will understand that the term “user terminal”covers any suitable type of wireless user devices, such as a mobilephone, a portable data processing apparatus, a portable web browser or avehicle-mounted mobile station.

In general, various embodiments of the present disclosure can beimplemented in hardware or special purpose circuits, software, logic orany combination thereof. For example, some aspects may be implemented inhardware, while other aspects may be implemented in firmware or softwareexecutable by a controller, a microprocessor or other computingapparatuses, although the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

The embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented byexecuting computer program instructions through a data processor of amobile apparatus, for example in a processor entity, or by hardware, orby a combination of software and hardware. Computer program instructionsmay be assembly instructions, instruction set architecture (ISA)instructions, machine instructions, machine-dependent instructions,microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source codes orobject codes written in any combination of one or more programminglanguages.

Any block diagram of a logic flow in the drawings of the presentdisclosure may represent program steps, or may represent interconnectedlogic circuits, modules and functions, or may represent a combination ofprogram steps and logic circuits, modules and functions. The computerprogram may be stored in a memory. The memory may be of any typesuitable for the local technical environment and may be implementedusing any suitable data storage technology, such as but not limited toread-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), optical storageapparatuses and systems (digital video disc (DVD) or compact disk (CD)),and the like. Computer readable medium may include non-transitorystorage medium. Data processors can be of any type suitable for thelocal technical environment, such as but not limited to general purposecomputers, special purpose computers, microprocessors, digital signalprocessors (DSP), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC),programmable logic means (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), andprocessors based on multi-core processor architectures.

What is claimed is:
 1. A low density parity check encoding method,comprising: determining a target parity check matrix, wherein the targetparity check matrix belongs to a second party check matrix set, and abase graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted from abase graph of a first parity check matrix set; and performing lowdensity parity check encoding on data to be transmitted according to thetarget parity check matrix and a target lifting size.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the determining the target parity checkmatrix comprises: determining the target parity check matrix of thesecond parity check matrix set according to the first parity checkmatrix set; or determining the base graph of the second parity checkmatrix set according to the base graph of the first parity check matrixset; and determining the target parity check matrix of the second pantycheck matrix set according to the base graph of the second arity checkmatrix set.
 3. (canceled)
 4. The method according to claim 1, whereinthe base graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted fromthe base graph of the first parity check matrix set according to atleast one of a row index sequence and a column index sequence.
 5. Themethod according to claim 4, wherein the row Index sequence meets oneof: elements in the row index sequence being contiguous ascendingintegers; elements in the row index sequence including non-contiguousascending Integers; elements in the row index sequence beingnon-ascending Integers except that first M elements in the row indexsequence are contiguous ascending Integers, wherein M is an integergreater than 1; the row Index sequence comprising at least {0, 1, 2, 3}.6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the column index sequencemeets one of: first kb2 elements of the column index sequence beingcontiguous ascending integers, wherein kb2 is an integer greater than 1;first kb2 elements of the column index sequence comprisingnon-contiguous ascending integers, wherein kb2 is an integer greaterthan 1; the column index sequence comprising at least (0, 1); the columnindex sequence comprising at least (22, 23, 24, 25).
 7. The methodaccording to claim 6, wherein kb2 is equal to a number of systematiccolumns of the base graph of the second parity check matrix set, orequal to a difference between a number of columns and a number of rowsof the base graph of the second parity check matrix set, or less than orequal to a number of systematic columns of the parity check matrix inthe first parity check matrix set.
 8. The method according to claim 1,wherein the first parity check matrix set comprises a1 first paritycheck matrixes, and base graphs of the a1 first parity check matrixesare the same, where a1 is a positive integer; the second parity checkmatrix set comprises a2 second parity check matrixes, and base graphs ofthe a2 second parity check matrixes are the same, where a2 is a positiveinteger; a maximum lifting size Zmax2 of the second parity check matrixset is D times of a maximum lifting size Zi supported by an i-th firstparity check matrix in the first parity check matrix set, wherein D is apositive integer power of 2, and i is a non-negative Integer less thana1.
 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein a maximum lifting sizeZmax2 supported by the second parity check matrix set is greater than amaximum lifting size Zmax1 of the first parity check matrix set; or amaximum lifting size Zmax2 of the second parity check matrix set is a by2^(b), wherein a is an odd number greater than 15 and b is a positiveinteger.
 10. (canceled)
 11. The method according to claim 1, wherein thetarget lifting size belongs to one of G lifting size sub-sets, wherein Gis an integer greater than 1, and there is no intersection between everytwo of the G lifting size sub-sets.
 12. The method according to claim 1,wherein lifting sizes supported by the first parity check matrix setconstitute a first lifting size set Zset1, and lifting sizes supportedby the second parity check matrix set constitute a second lifting sizeset Zet2; the first Ong size set Zset1 and the second lifting size setZset2 meet one of: there being no intersection between the first liftingsize set Zset1 and the second lifting size set Zset2; the first lingsize set Zset1 being a sub-met of the second lifting size set Zset2; anumber of elements in an intersection Zset of the first lifting size setZet1 and the second lifting size set Zset2 being less than a number ofelements in the first lifting size set Zset1 and less than a number ofelements in the second lifting size set Zset2.
 13. The method accordingto claim 1, wherein a minimum lifting size supported by the secondparity check matrix set is greater than a maximum lifting size supportedby the first parity check matrix set; lifting sizes supported by thesecond parity check matrix set comprise at least one of 416, 448, 480,512, 576, 640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1152, 1280, 1406, 1536,1664, 1792, 1920, 2048; or a maximum information length Kmax1 supportedby the first parity check matrix set is less than a maximum informationlength Kmax2 supported by the second parity check matrix set. 14.(canceled)
 15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the secondparity check matrix set includes at least one parity check matrix, theparity check matrix comprises k0 up-and-down adjacent pairs, the k0up-and-down adjacent pairs include k1 first type of up-and-down adjacentpairs and k2 second type of up-and-down adjacent pairs, and k1 isgreater than 3 by k2, and k1 and k2 are both integers greater than 0;wherein the up-and-down adjacent pair refers to two adjacent elementslocated in a same column and indicating a cyclical shift of an Identitymatrix in the parity check matrix; a difference between two elements ofthe first type of up-and-down adjacent pair mod 2 is equal to 0; and adifference between two elements of the second type of up-and-downadjacent pair mod 2 Is greater than
 0. 16. The method according to claim1, wherein the second parity check matrix set comprises at least oneparity check matrix, the parity check matrix comprises k3 first type ofelements Indicating cyclical shifts of identity matrixes and k4 secondtype of elements Indicating a cyclical shift of identity matrix, and k3Is greater than 3 by k4, and k3 and k4 are both Integers greater than 0;wherein the first type of element mod 2 is equal to 0; the second typeof element mod 2 Is greater than
 0. 17. The method according to claim 1,further comprising: determining a parity check matrix set as the targetparity check matrix set from at least two parity check matrix setsaccording to setting Information; wherein the setting informationcomprises at least one of a transport block size, a code rate, ahigh-layer signaling, a modulation order, a modulation and coding scheme(MCS) index, a (MCS) table index; wherein the determining the paritycheck matrix set as the target parity check matrix set from the at leasttwo parity check matrix sets according to the setting informationcomprises: taking the second parity check matrix set as the targetparity check matrix set in a case where at least one of followingconditions is satisfied: a transport block size is a greater than orequal to T0, wherein T0 is an integer greater than or equal to a maximuminformation length Kmax1 supported by the first parity check matrix set;a code rate is greater than or equal to R0, wherein R0 is a real numbergreater than 0 and less than
 1. 18. (canceled)
 19. A low density paritychuck encoding method, comprising: determining a target bass graph,wherein the target base graph Is a base graph of a second parity checkmatrix set, and the base graph of the second parity check matrix set isextracted from a base graph of a first parity check matrix set; andperforming low density parity check encoding on data to be transmittedaccording to the target bass graph and a target lifting size.
 20. Themethod according to claim 19, wherein the performing low density paritychuck encoding on the data to be transmitted according to the targetbass graph and the target lifting size comprises: determining a checkmatrix H according to the target base graph and the target lifting size;and performing low density parity check encoding on the data to betransmitted according to the check matrix H; or determining a targetparity check matrix according to the target base graph; and performinglow density parity check encoding on the data to be transmittedaccording to the target parity check matrix and the target lifting size.21.-22. (canceled)
 23. A low density parity check decoding method,comprising: determining a target parity chuck matrix, wherein the targetparity chuck matrix belongs to a second parity check matrix set, and abass graph of the second parity check matrix set is extracted from abase graph of a first parity chuck matrix set; and performing lowdensity parity check decoding on received data according to the targetparity check matrix and a target lifting size.
 24. (canceled)
 25. Anencoding device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computerprogram stored in the memory and runnable on the processor, wherein theprocessor Implements the low density parity check encoding methodaccording to any claim 1 when executing the program.
 26. A decodingdevice, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program storedin the memory and runnable on the processor, wherein the processorimplements the low density parity check encoding method according to anyclaim 23 when executing the program.
 27. A non-transitory computerreadable storage medium having stored a computer program thereon,wherein the program, when executed by a processor, implements the lowdensity parity check encoding method according to claim 1.